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- # CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
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This is a section from the text file "moby_dick.txt", labeled "CHAPTER 53. The Gam.". It was extracted on January 30, 2026, and is part of the "Melville Complete Works" collection. The section's content spans lines 9521 to 9620 of the source file.
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This section is extracted from the file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6), which is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The section is preceded by another section with the same title, and followed by the section titled "GAM. NOUN—_A social meeting of two_ (_or more_) _Whaleships...". The text was extracted by the "structure-extraction-lambda" tool.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
This chapter discusses the social customs of whaling ships, specifically the "Gam," a meeting between two or more whaling vessels at sea. It contrasts the sociability of whalers with the behavior of other types of ships, such as merchant ships, men-of-war, slave ships, and pirates. The chapter also touches on the relationship between American and English whalers, noting a perceived superiority complex among some English whalers despite the greater success of American whalers. The content is divided into two chunks.
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