Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 324
ne, for I earned it; but I shall let itabide here till the white whale is dead; and then,whosoever of ye first raises him, upon the day he shallbe killed, this gold is that mans; and if on that day Ishall again raise him, then, ten times its sum shall bedivided among all of ye ! Away now! — the… … ROUNDING CAPE HORN (From White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-op-War.)By HERMAN MELVILLE. JTROUGH drizzling fogs and va-pors, and under damp, double-topsails, our wet-decked frigatedrew nearer and nearer to the squallyCape. Who has not heard of it? CapeHorn, Cape Horn — a horn indeed,that has…
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