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Herds

1 passage in the novel carry this mark, in the order they appear.

He swims in herds; he is never regularly hunted, though his oil is considerable in quantity, and pretty good for light. By some fishermen his approach is regarded as premonitory of the advance of the great sperm whale.

Chapter 32, Cetology · verse 49

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