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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter CXXXV · The Chase—Third Day

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The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.
D’ye see him?”
cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.
In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.
Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.
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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter CXXXV · The Chase—Third Day

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Reading 1/59 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.
Line 2
D’ye see him?”
Line 3
cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.
Line 4
In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.
Line 5
Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.
All words in this reading · 55

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Ahab

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From this reading cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.

all

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From this reading “In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.

almost

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

and

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

as

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

at

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

been

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

but

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From this reading cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.

by

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

cried

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From this reading cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.

crowds

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

D'ye

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From this reading “D’ye see him?”

dawned

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

day

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

daylight

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

dotted

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

every

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

fair

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

follow

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From this reading “In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.

fore-mast-head

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

fresh

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

goest

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

going

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

hast

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

Helm

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

him

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From this reading “D’ye see him?”

his

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From this reading “In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.

in

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From this reading cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.

infallible

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From this reading “In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.

look-outs

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

mast

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

more

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

morning

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

night-man

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

not

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From this reading cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.

of

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

once

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

relieved

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

see

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From this reading “D’ye see him?”

sight

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From this reading cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.

solitary

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

spar

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

steady

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

that

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From this reading “In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.

that's

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From this reading “In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.

The

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

there

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

third

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

thou

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From this reading Helm there; steady, as thou goest, and hast been going.

though

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From this reading “In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.

wake

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From this reading “In his infallible wake, though; but follow that wake, that’s all.

was

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

whale

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From this reading cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.

who

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From this reading The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

yet

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From this reading cried Ahab; but the whale was not yet in sight.