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The Mast-Head

           Now,itwasplainlyalaborofloveforCaptainSleettodescribe,ashedoes,allthelittledetailedconveniencesofhiscrow’s-nest;butthoughhesoenlargesuponmanyofthese,andthoughhetreatsustoaveryscientificaccountofhisexperimentsinthiscrow’s-nest,withasmallcompasshekeptthereforthepurposeofcounteractingtheerrorsresultingfromwhatiscalledthe"localattraction"ofallbinnaclemagnets;anerrorascribabletothehorizontalvicinityoftheironintheship’splanks,andintheGlacier’scase,perhaps,totherehavingbeensomanybroken-downblacksmithsamonghercrew;Isay,thatthoughtheCaptainisverydiscreetandscientifichere,yet,forallhislearned"binnacledeviations,""azimuthcompassobservations,"and"approximateerrors,"heknowsverywell,CaptainSleet,thathewasnotsomuchimmersedinthoseprofoundmagneticmeditations,astofailbeingattractedoccasionallytowardsthatwellreplenishedlittlecase-bottle,sonicelytuckedinononesideofhiscrow’snest,withineasyreachofhishand.Though,uponthewhole,Igreatlyadmireandevenlovethebrave,thehonest,andlearnedCaptain;yetItakeitveryillofhimthatheshouldsoutterlyignorethatcase-bottle,seeingwhatafaithfulfriendandcomforteritmusthavebeen,whilewithmittenedfingersandhoodedheadhewasstudyingthemathematicsaloftthereinthatbird’snestwithinthreeorfourperchesofthepole.

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