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- # CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is a chapter from the novel *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*, labeled "CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering." It was extracted from the text file `moby_dick.txt` on January 30, 2026, by the "structure-extraction-lambda" process. The chapter's text begins on line 889 of the source file.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter is part of the novel [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T), which is contained within the file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6). Both the chapter and the novel are part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The chapter is preceded by [CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.](arke:01KG8AK86EYSNZ5SQWHMH4R6ME) and followed by [CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.](arke:01KG8AK86J1ME7P39P4V4A8D3H).
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The chapter's text begins with the line "your thousand miles to see it? Why did the poor poet of Tennessee, upon". The full text of the chapter is not provided in this manifest.
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