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- # CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*, specifically "CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale." It consists of text extracted from lines 11230 to 11245 of the source file.
## Context
This chapter is part of the larger work, *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*, contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The source of this chapter is the file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6). It is located within a larger chapter grouping [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_)](arke:01KG8AK83BA227D6NY5BT040FM). It follows [CHAPTER 60. The Line.](arke:01KG8AM7XKC4KSWCHWYMZBNNW5) and precedes [CHAPTER 62. The Dart.](arke:01KG8AM7XKKK95PJE2216EWQE5).
## Contents
The chapter describes the reactions of Starbuck and Queequeg to the apparition of the Squid. Queequeg anticipates seeing a sperm whale soon after spotting the squid. The chapter then describes the calm and sultry weather in the Indian Ocean, noting the lack of marine life compared to other whaling grounds.
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- CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
If to Starbuck the apparition of the Squid was a thing of portents, to
Queequeg it was quite a different object.
“When you see him ’quid,” said the savage, honing his harpoon in the
bow of his hoisted boat, “then you quick see him ’parm whale.”
The next day was exceedingly still and sultry, and with nothing special
to engage them, the Pequod’s crew could hardly resist the spell of
sleep induced by such a vacant sea. For this part of the Indian Ocean
through which we then were voyaging is not what whalemen call a lively
ground; that is, it affords fewer glimpses of porpoises, dolphins,
flying-fish, and other vivacious denizens of more stirring waters, than
those off the Rio de la Plata, or the in-shore ground off Peru.
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- CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.