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“My God! Mr. Chace, what is the matter?” I answered, “we have been stove by a whale.” _“Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Whale Ship Essex of Nantucket, which was attacked and finally destroyed by a large Sperm Whale in the Pacific Ocean. By Owen Chace of Nantucket, first mate of said vessel.” New York_. 1821.