Моби Дик

The Town-Ho’s Story

           Theycontainroundarchipelagoesofromanticisles,evenasthePolynesianwatersdo;inlargepart,areshoredbytwogreatcontrastingnations,astheAtlanticis;theyfurnishlongmaritimeapproachestoournumerousterritorialcoloniesfromtheEast,dottedallroundtheirbanks;hereandtherearefrowneduponbybatteries,andbythegoat-likecraggygunsofloftyMackinaw;theyhaveheardthefleetthunderingsofnavalvictories;atintervals,theyyieldtheirbeachestowildbarbarians,whoseredpaintedfacesflashfromouttheirpeltrywigwams;forleaguesandleaguesareflankedbyancientandunenteredforests,wherethegauntpinesstandlikeserriedlinesofkingsinGothicgenealogies;thosesamewoodsharboringwildAfricbeastsofprey,andsilkencreatureswhoseexportedfursgiverobestoTartarEmperors;theymirrorthepavedcapitalsofBuffaloandCleveland,aswellasWinnebagovillages;theyfloatalikethefull-riggedmerchantship,thearmedcruiseroftheState,thesteamer,andthebeechcanoe;theyaresweptbyBoreananddismastingblastsasdirefulasanythatlashthesaltedwave;theyknowwhatshipwrecksare,foroutofsightofland,howeverinland,theyhavedrownedfullmanyamidnightshipwithallitsshriekingcrew.Thus,gentlemen,thoughaninlander,Steelkiltwaswild-oceanborn,andwild-oceannurtured;asmuchofanaudaciousmarinerasany.

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