On the second working day on the chase, ???? Ahab leaves Starbuck in command of the Pequod. Moby Dick smashes into splinters the three boats that search for him, and tangles ?????? their traces. Ahab is rescued, but his ivory leg and Fedallah are shed. Starbuck begs ????? Ahab to desist, but Ahab vows to slay the white whale, whether or not he must