Moby-Dick; or, The Whale · Moby-Dick, Extracts · block 128
“The quantity of line withdrawn from the different boats engaged in the capture of this one whale, amounted altogether to 10,440 yards or nearly six English miles. * * *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.
Passage preview. Read in context for the complete text, notes and references.