Some of the Bachelor’s good fortune seems to have transferred to the Pequod, which captures four whales in one day. Ahab’s boat stays out to guard one whale overnight, during which time Fedallah offers the captain an important prophecy. As the Pequod heads for the equator and the anticipated meeting with Moby Dick, Ahab destroys his quadrant, complaining that it only tells him where he is, not where he shall be or, more important, where Moby Dick is. The ship encounters a typhoon, which Ahab refuses to allow to defeat him.
