Not P but Moby-Dick (33)

[David Morris]

I’d say BOTH the observers and the boat being observed were  "Floating on
the waves"

On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 1:09 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> The abandoned boat.
>
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 1:03 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From Chapter 48:
> >
> > Floating on the waves we saw the abandoned boat, as for one instant it
> > tossed and gaped beneath the ship’s bows like a chip at the base of a
> > cataract; and then the vast hull rolled over it, and it was seen no more
> > till it came up weltering astern.
> >
> > What's the subject of "Floating on the waves", "we" or "the abandoned
> > boat"?
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