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With one intent all the combined rival boats were pointed for this one fish, because not only was he the largest, and therefore the most valuablewhale, but he was nearest to them, and the other whales were going with such great velocity, moreover, as almost to defy pursuit for the time. At this juncturethe Pequod's keels had shot by the three German boats last lowered; but from the great start he had had, Derick's boat still led the chase, though every momentneared by his foreign rivals. The only thing they feared, was, that from being already so nigh to his mark, he would be enabled to dart his iron before they couldcompletely overtake and pass him. As for Derick, he seemed quite confident that this would be the case, and occasionally with a deriding gesture shook hislamp-feeder at the other boats.
"The ungracious and ungrateful dog!" cried Starbuck; "he mocks and dares me with the very poor-box I filled for him not five minutesago!"—then in his old intense whisper—"Give way, greyhounds! Dog to it!"
"I tell ye what it is, men"—cried Stubb to his crew—"it's against my religion to get mad; butI'd like to eat that villainous Yarman—Pull—won't ye? Are ye going to let that rascal beat ye? Do ye love brandy? A hogshead of brandy, then, to the best man. Come,why don't some of ye burst a blood-vessel? Who's that been dropping an anchor overboard—we don't budge an inch—we're becalmed. Halloo, here's grass growing inthe boat's bottom—and by the Lord, the mast there's budding. This won't do, boys. Look at that Yarman! The short and long of it is, men, will ye spit fire or not?"