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- # CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*, extracted from the file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6). It is labeled "CHAPTER 130. The Hat." and spans lines 20367 to 20530 of the source text.
## Context
This chapter is part of the larger work, *Moby-Dick; or, The Whale*, which is contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is located within a series of chapters in [BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_)](arke:01KG8AK83BA227D6NY5BT040FM). "CHAPTER 130. The Hat." is preceded by [CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.](arke:01KG8AMC19MXJQTRMXM8CZ5WCS) and followed by [CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.](arke:01KG8AMC1G2ECABYMHDZZ8417D).
## Contents
This chapter describes Ahab's increasing monomania as the Pequod approaches the location where he was wounded by Moby Dick. It details the crew's subdued state under Ahab's intense gaze and the mysterious relationship between Ahab and the Parsee, Fedallah. Ahab rigs a basket to the main-mast head to take the first watch himself, entrusting the rope to Starbuck. While aloft, a sea-hawk steals Ahab's hat, an event interpreted as a bad omen. The chapter is divided into three chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AP6HVV41P1C285GEC3SFC), [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AP6HVKY3E8Z2M0FZMCAYE), and [Chunk 3](arke:01KG8AP6HYQNY7M9PKWC3FGYG4).
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