mr. starbuck advanced toward the main mast, with a high, raised voice, exclaiming, who soever raises me a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow and crooked jaw. whoever raises the white-headed whale with three holes punctured in his starboard fluke, whoever raises the same white whale, he shall have this gold ounce, my boys. >> here we have two entries from log 132, ship mary. charles pitman jr. master and keeper. april the 3rd, 1844. first part light airs from the east. steering southwest-south. middle part much the same. latter part calm. porpoise and finbacks and all kinds of spouting fish, except sperm whales. mast heads well manned from daylight until dark and a gold piece nailed to the mast, but all in vain. 15 days later, april the 18th, 1844. began with moderate breezes. shook a reef out the main topsail. at sundown, shortened sail. at daylight, steering west. latter part, fine weather. there is a silver watch now hanging to the main mast as the bounty for a sperm whale and the mastheads are full of men, but all in vain. >> the whiteness of the whale. melville's note, i remember