Moby Dick

What does Ahab remind Ishmael of in the way he stands on deck?

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"And, in these cases, somewhat as a pilot, when about losing sight of a coast, whose general trending he well knows, and which he desires shortly to return to again, but at some further point; like as this pilot stands by his compass..."

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Moby Dick, Chapter 134