You'll find whaleboats not only in his masterpiece but also in his story "Benito Cereno" & his novel "Mardi"
Nor is 
the Polynesianism of Mardi a matter only of scene: it is a matter also of ...... a short 
novel, Israel Potter, with "Benito Cereno," and with the other stories that went... [DOC] [TLE] striking through the mask or the allegorical meanings in moby-dick [PAR] After Moby-Dick, Melville's powers slackened and his will softened.