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Southeast in the Cape of excellent Hope, the Pequod tends to make the 1st of 9 sea-encounters, or "gams", with other ships: Ahab hails the Goney (Albatross) to talk to whether they have found the White Whale, but the trumpet by which her captain tries to speak falls into the sea prior to he can reply. Ishmael describes that on account of Ahab's abs