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The boat drew still nearer. The jubarte only turned in her place. Her young one was no longer near her; perhaps she was trying to find it again. Suddenly she made a movement with her tail, which took her thirty feet away. Was she then going to take flight again, and must they take up this interminable pursuit again on the surface of the waters? "Attention!" cried Captain Hull. "The beast is going to take a spring and throw herself on us. Steer, Howik, steer!" The jubarte, in fact, had turned in such a manner as to present herself in front of the whale-boat. Then, beating the sea violently with her enormous fins, she rushed forward. The boatswain, who expected this direct blow, turned in such a fashion that the jubarte passed by the boat, but without reaching it. Captain Hull and the