The Moby-Dick Bible
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Wildness

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

“Woo-hoo! Wa-hee!” screamed the Gay-Header in reply, raising some old war-whoop to the skies; as every oarsman in the strained boat involuntarily bounced forward with the one tremendous leading stroke which the eager Indian gave.

But his wild screams were answered by others quite as wild.

Chapter 61, Stubb Kills a Whale · verse 12

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