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Southeast from the Cape of excellent Hope, the Pequod makes the main of 9 sea-encounters, or "gams", with other ships: Ahab hails the Goney (Albatross) to inquire whether or not they have noticed the White Whale, even so the trumpet by which her captain tries to talk falls into the sea before he can respond to. Ishmael describes that as a result of