Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · Moby-Dick, Extracts · block 65
They frequently climb up the masts to see whether they can see a whale, for the first discoverer has a ducat for his pains. * * *Read in context ›
Herman Melville · 1851
Project Gutenberg #15, credited to Eugene F. Irey; updated 10 June 2026. Based on the first American edition, Harper & Brothers, 1851, according to the source catalog.
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