tory. In summary, the Town-Ho's story is about an encounter they had with Moby Dick. Their ship sprung a leak and in an attempt to keep it afloat, the crew was being pushed to extreme limits, when suddenly Moby Dick appeared. The Town-Ho was caught off guard, but still pursed after the white whale. Unfortunately, the chase results in a major disaster. Some of the Town-Ho's crew becomes victims of Moby Dick. Ishmael describes a chilling scene, "Moby Dick rose again, with some tatters of Radney's red woolen shirt, caught in the teeth that had destroyed him" (212). Most of the crew survives, but abandons the s
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