human
I remember the whaleship _Essex_, the Ancient Mariner told Dag Daughtry.
gpt
It was a cow with a calf that did for her. Her barrels were two-thirds full, too. She went down in less than an hour. One of the boats never was heard of.
human
And didn't another one of her boats get to Hawaii, sir? Daughtry queried with all due humility of respect.
gpt
Leastwise, thirty years ago, when I was in Honolulu, I met a man, an old geezer, who claimed he'd been a harpooner on a whaleship sunk by a whale off the coast of South America. That was the first and last I heard of it, until right now you speaking of it, sir. It must a-been the same ship, sir, don't you think?
human
Unless two different ships were whale-sunk off the west coast, the Ancient Mariner replied.
gpt
And of the one ship, the _Essex_, there is no discussion. It is historical. The chance is likely, steward, that the man you mentioned was from the _Essex_.