Moby Dick Chapter 97-100

In which the intimate toils and rituals of the whalemen, from the glowing try-works to the cleansing of the ship, are rendered with a keen eye and poetic touch, evoking the ceaseless cycle of pursuit and renewal upon the Pequod. And in which Ahab, drawn into reveries by a doubloon nailed to the mast, encounters a fellow sufferer and huntsman of the White Whale, their tale of encounter, loss, and inexorable fate revealing the burning obsession at the heart of their voyage.