Ishmael alone survived. Dropped astern when the boat capsized, he was drawn toward the vortex but escaped its center. The coffin life-buoy shot up from the depths, and he floated upon it for a day and a night. The sharks passed him by; the sea-hawks sailed with sheathed beaks. On the second day, the Rachel appeared, searching for her missing children, and found another orphan. The drama was done, and one alone was escaped to tell the tale.
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