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Ahab

           Bysometacitconsent,throughoutthevoyagelittleornoallusionwasmadetoit,especiallybythemates.ButonceTashtego’ssenior,anoldGay-HeadIndianamongthecrew,superstitiouslyassertedthatnottillhewasfullfortyyearsolddidAhabbecomethatwaybranded,andthenitcameuponhim,notinthefuryofanymortalfray,butinanelementalstrifeatsea.Yet,thiswildhintseemedinferentiallynegatived,bywhatagreyManxmaninsinuated,anoldsepulchralman,who,havingneverbeforesailedoutofNantucket,hadnevererethislaideyeuponwildAhab.Nevertheless,theoldsea-traditions,theimmemorialcredulities,popularlyinvestedthisoldManxmanwithpreternaturalpowersofdiscernment.SothatnowhitesailorseriouslycontradictedhimwhenhesaidthatifeverCaptainAhabshouldbetranquillylaidoutwhichmighthardlycometopass,sohemutteredthen,whoevershoulddothatlastofficeforthedead,wouldfindabirth-markonhimfromcrowntosole.

           SopowerfullydidthewholegrimaspectofAhabaffectme,andthelividbrandwhichstreakedit,thatforthefirstfewmomentsIhardlynotedthatnotalittleofthisoverbearinggrimnesswasowingtothebarbaricwhiteleguponwhichhepartlystood.Ithadpreviouslycometomethatthisivoryleghadatseabeenfashionedfromthepolishedboneofthespermwhale’sjaw."Aye,hewasdismastedoffJapan,"saidtheoldGay-HeadIndianonce;"butlikehisdismastedcraft,heshippedanothermastwithoutcominghomeforit.Hehasaquiverof‘em."

           Iwasstruckwiththesingularposturehemaintained.UponeachsideofthePequod’squarterdeck,andprettyclosetothemizzenshrouds,therewasanaugerhole,boredabouthalfaninchorso,intotheplank.Hisbonelegsteadiedinthathole;onearmelevated,andholdingbyashroud;CaptainAhabstooderect,lookingstraightoutbeyondtheship’sever-pitchingprow.

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