moby dick 11-2
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In order to understand the next part, i need to explain what a 'gam' is. A 'gam' is a social meeting of two (or more) Whale-ships, generally on a cruising-ground; when, after exchanging hails, they exchange visits by boats’ crews: the two captains remaining, for the time, on board of one ship, and the two chief mates on the other. Ishmael explains that they did not have a 'gam' because Ahab only desires 'gams' if the other ship has information about Moby Dick.
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