Not P but Moby-Dick (33)

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The English says both, but we could safely assume Melville is talking about the abandoned boat.

Jb 
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> On 28 Oct 2023, at 20:23, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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