PINK PUSSY FOR DUMMIES

Southeast on the Cape of excellent Hope, the Pequod tends to make the initial of 9 sea-encounters, or "gams", with other ships: Ahab hails the Goney (Albatross) to ask whether or not they have viewed the White Whale, although the trumpet through which her captain attempts to talk falls in to the sea just before he can answer. Ishmael points out tha