{"id":"01KG8AK7FTWVDWHPJ3WKS2JPHM","cid":"bafkreidpvmsc6thrmdvxaqtz74gb5zoliigoizbfk3mzrkxyrz3ybvplsq","type":"chapter","properties":{"description":"# BOOK II. (Octavo), CHAPTER I. (Grampus).\n\n## Overview\nThis is \"BOOK II. (Octavo), CHAPTER I. (Grampus).\", a chapter extracted from the novel [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T). It spans lines 5877 to 5888 of the source text.\n\n## Context\nThis chapter is part of [Moby-Dick; or, The Whale](arke:01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T), a novel within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It was extracted from the plain text file [moby_dick.txt](arke:01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6). It follows [BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER VI. (Sulphur Bottom).](arke:01KG8AK7FT0BY021A698KWMK18) and precedes [BOOK II. (Octavo), CHAPTER II. (Black Fish).](arke:01KG8AK7FTHSEYVWFPSA6WSD6R). The preceding chapter concludes \"BOOK I. (Folio)\" and introduces \"BOOK II. (Octavo),\" which this chapter begins.\n\n## Contents\nThe chapter focuses on the Grampus, describing it as a well-known denizen of the deep, though not popularly classified as a whale. It notes that naturalists recognize it as a leviathan due to its distinctive features. The text details its moderate \"octavo size\" (15-25 feet in length), its habit of swimming in herds, and its considerable oil, despite not being regularly hunted. It also mentions that some fishermen consider its approach a sign of the great sperm whale's advance.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:50:56.073Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"BOOK II. (Octavo), CHAPTER I. (Grampus).","end_line":5888,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:54.527Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"BOOK II. (Octavo), CHAPTER I. (Grampus).","source_file":"01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6","start_line":5877,"text":"BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER I. (_Grampus_).—Though this fish, whose\r\nloud sonorous breathing, or rather blowing, has furnished a proverb to\r\nlandsmen, is so well known a denizen of the deep, yet is he not\r\npopularly classed among whales. But possessing all the grand\r\ndistinctive features of the leviathan, most naturalists have recognised\r\nhim for one. He is of moderate octavo size, varying from fifteen to\r\ntwenty-five feet in length, and of corresponding dimensions round the\r\nwaist. He swims in herds; he is never regularly hunted, though his oil\r\nis considerable in quantity, and pretty good for light. By some\r\nfishermen his approach is regarded as premonitory of the advance of the\r\ngreat sperm whale.\r\n\r","title":"BOOK II. (Octavo), CHAPTER I. (Grampus)."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ9GN1K052QJEZVGKXJ0T","peer_type":"novel","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J198KE6FY8WPVJQQRCZ6","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AK7FT0BY021A698KWMK18","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AK7FTHSEYVWFPSA6WSD6R","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:57.434Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:50:56.328Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}