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Stubb’s Supper

           Howatsuchanapparentlyunassailablesurface,theycontrivetogougeoutsuchsymmetricalmouthfuls,remainsapartoftheuniversalproblemofallthings.Themarktheythusleaveonthewhale,maybestbelikenedtothehollowmadebyacarpenterincountersinkingforascrew.

           Thoughamidallthesmokinghorroranddiabolismofasea-fight,sharkswillbeseenlonginglygazinguptotheship’sdecks,likehungrydogsroundatablewhereredmeatisbeingcarved,readytoboltdowneverykilledmanthatistossedtothem;andthough,whilethevaliantbutchersoverthedeck-tablearethuscanniballycarvingeachother’slivemeatwithcarving-knivesallgildedandtasselled,thesharks,also,withtheirjewel-hiltedmouths,arequarrelsomelycarvingawayunderthetableatthedeadmeat;andthough,wereyoutoturnthewholeaffairupsidedown,itwouldstillbeprettymuchthesamething,thatistosay,ashockingsharkishbusinessenoughforallparties;andthoughsharksalsoaretheinvariableoutridersofallslaveshipscrossingtheAtlantic,systematicallytrottingalongside,tobehandyincaseaparcelistobecarriedanywhere,oradeadslavetobedecentlyburied;andthoughoneortwootherlikeinstancesmightbesetdown,touchingthesetterms,places,andoccasions,whensharksdomostsociallycongregate,andmosthilariouslyfeast;yetistherenoconceivabletimeoroccasionwhenyouwillfindtheminsuchcountlessnumbers,andingayerormorejovialspirits,thanaroundadeadspermwhale,mooredbynighttoawhaleshipatsea.

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