{"id":"01KG8AK7FT0BY021A698KWMK18","cid":"bafkreihbzhons2oc4bfa4fhj63x6gfddm2p2ppd6mse4nwjjip2ztnjl2a","type":"chapter","properties":{"description":"# BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER VI. (Sulphur Bottom).\n\n## Overview\nThis is Chapter VI, titled \"Sulphur Bottom,\" from Book I (Folio) of the novel [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T). It spans lines 5855 to 5876 of the source text.\n\n## Context\nThis chapter is part of [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T), a novel by Herman Melville, which is itself part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6). It follows [BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER V. (Razor Back).](arke:01KG8AK7FTA9Z0X8K6AXRED3MY) and precedes [BOOK II. (Octavo), CHAPTER I. (Grampus).](arke:01KG8AK7FTWVDWHPJ3WKS2JPHM).\n\n## Contents\nChapter VI, \"Sulphur Bottom,\" describes a rarely seen whale with a \"brimstone belly,\" known for its deep dives and immense strength. The narrator admits to having seen it only in remote southern seas and from a distance, noting that it is never chased due to its ability to \"run away with rope-walks of line.\" The chapter concludes Book I (Folio) and introduces Book II (Octavo), which categorizes whales of \"middling magnitude\" such as the Grampus, Black Fish, Narwhale, Thrasher, and Killer. A footnote explains the nomenclature of the \"Octavo\" book in relation to the \"Folio\" and \"Quarto\" classifications based on the proportionate likeness of the whales to bookbinder's volumes.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:50:55.946Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER VI. (Sulphur Bottom).","end_line":5876,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:54.527Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER VI. (Sulphur Bottom).","source_file":"01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6","start_line":5855,"text":"BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER VI. (_Sulphur Bottom_).—Another retiring\r\ngentleman, with a brimstone belly, doubtless got by scraping along the\r\nTartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings. He is seldom seen;\r\nat least I have never seen him except in the remoter southern seas, and\r\nthen always at too great a distance to study his countenance. He is\r\nnever chased; he would run away with rope-walks of line. Prodigies are\r\ntold of him. Adieu, Sulphur Bottom! I can say nothing more that is true\r\nof ye, nor can the oldest Nantucketer.\r\n\r\nThus ends BOOK I. (_Folio_), and now begins BOOK II. (_Octavo_).\r\n\r\nOCTAVOES.*—These embrace the whales of middling magnitude, among which\r\npresent may be numbered:—I., the _Grampus_; II., the _Black Fish_;\r\nIII., the _Narwhale_; IV., the _Thrasher_; V., the _Killer_.\r\n\r\n*Why this book of whales is not denominated the Quarto is very plain.\r\nBecause, while the whales of this order, though smaller than those of\r\nthe former order, nevertheless retain a proportionate likeness to them\r\nin figure, yet the bookbinder’s Quarto volume in its dimensioned form\r\ndoes not preserve the shape of the Folio volume, but the Octavo volume\r\ndoes.\r\n\r","title":"BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER VI. (Sulphur Bottom)."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T","peer_type":"novel","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AK7FTA9Z0X8K6AXRED3MY","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AK7FTWVDWHPJ3WKS2JPHM","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:57.434Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:50:56.205Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}