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- # BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER V. (Razor Back).
## Overview
This is a chapter titled "BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER V. (Razor Back)." from the novel [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T), extracted on January 30, 2026. It is classified as a chapter and spans lines 5848 to 5854 of the source file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6).
## Context
The chapter is part of [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T), which is included in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the plain text file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6) by the structure-extraction-lambda process. It is preceded by [BOOK I. (Folio) CHAPTER IV. (Hump Back).](arke:01KG8AK7FM5YBQG8TGEZYKRZ2B) and followed by [BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER VI. (Sulphur Bottom).](arke:01KG8AK7FT0BY021A698KWMK18).
## Contents
The chapter briefly describes the "Razor Back" whale, noting that little is known about it except its name. The narrator mentions seeing it off Cape Horn and describes it as elusive, retiring, and only ever showing its long, sharp back ridge. The chapter concludes with the narrator stating they know little more about the whale, nor does anyone else.
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- BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER V. (_Razor Back_).—Of this whale little is
known but his name. I have seen him at a distance off Cape Horn. Of a
retiring nature, he eludes both hunters and philosophers. Though no
coward, he has never yet shown any part of him but his back, which
rises in a long sharp ridge. Let him go. I know little more of him, nor
does anybody else.
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- BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER V. (Razor Back).