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- # CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
## Overview
This entity is a chapter titled "CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale." It is part of the novel [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T) and was extracted from the file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6).
## Context
This chapter is one of many that constitute the novel [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T), a work by Herman Melville. The novel itself is part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The chapter is preceded by [CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton.](arke:01KG8AK4TDJ45G9WYQ7R51RVQV) and followed by [CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?](arke:01KG8AK5C2JE1CTRAA6VCWYZPX).
## Contents
This chapter contains a fragment of text that appears to be dialogue or narrative related to the whale and its significance. The text provided is: "a slave? Tell me that. Well, then, however the old sea-captains may".
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