(OCTAVO), CHAPTER V.( THRASHER) .-- This gentleman is famous for his tail, which he uses for a ferule in thrashing his foes.

He mounts the Folio whale's back, and as he swims, he works his passage by flogging him; as some schoolmasters get along in the world by a similar process.

Still less is known of the Thrasher than of the Killer.

Both are outlaws, even in the lawless seas.
Thus ends BOOK II.

(OCTAVO), and begins BOOK III.