It will soon show itself again.
But what was it?
The whale: one of them, at least; for the men say there are two different ones about the bay.

That black wheel was part of his back, as he turned down; and the tooth on it was his back-fin.
But the noise, like a giant's cough?
Rather like the blast of a locomotive just starting.

That was his breath.
What?
as loud as that?
Why not?
He is a very big fellow, and has big lungs.
How big is he?
I cannot say: perhaps thirty or forty feet long.

We shall be able to see better soon.

He will come up again, and very likely nearer us, where those birds are.
I don't want him to come any nearer.
You really need not be afraid.