Chapter 85: Moby Dick

The chapter is dedicated to the breathing pattern of the whale and what the spout is made of. The breathing pattern is a foreshadow for it explains that a whale need a certain number of breaths before it will go down for an extended period of time thus being a way of capturing the whale before it goes down. The spout seems to represent the unknown about the whale, such as the hieroglyphics of its brow.