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           Adayortwopassed,andtherewasgreatactivityaboardthePequod.Notonlyweretheoldsailsbeingmended,butnewsailswerecomingonboard,andboltsofcanvas,andcoilsofrigging;inshort,everythingbetokenedthattheship’spreparationswerehurryingtoaclose.CaptainPelegseldomorneverwentashore,butsatinhiswigwamkeepingasharplook-outuponthehands:Bildaddidallthepurchasingandprovidingatthestores;andthemenemployedintheholdandontheriggingwereworkingtilllongafternight-fall.

           OnthedayfollowingQueequeg’ssigningthearticles,wordwasgivenatalltheinnswheretheship’scompanywerestopping,thattheirchestsmustbeonboardbeforenight,fortherewasnotellinghowsoonthevesselmightbesailing.SoQueequegandIgotdownourtraps,resolving,however,tosleepashoretillthelast.Butitseemstheyalwaysgiveverylongnoticeinthesecases,andtheshipdidnotsailforseveraldays.Butnowonder;therewasagooddealtobedone,andthereisnotellinghowmanythingstobethoughtof,beforethePequodwasfullyequipped.

           Everyoneknowswhatamultitudeofthingsbeds,sauce-pans,knivesandforks,shovelsandtongs,napkins,nut-crackers,andwhatnot,areindispensabletothebusinessofhousekeeping.Justsowithwhaling,whichnecessitatesathree-years’housekeepinguponthewideocean,farfromallgrocers,costermongers,doctors,bakers,andbankers.Andthoughthisalsoholdstrueofmerchantvessels,yetnotbyanymeanstothesameextentaswithwhalemen.Forbesidesthegreatlengthofthewhalingvoyage,thenumerousarticlespeculiartotheprosecutionofthefishery,andtheimpossibilityofreplacingthemattheremoteharborsusuallyfrequented,itmustberemembered,thatofallships,whalingvesselsarethemostexposedtoaccidentsofallkinds,andespeciallytothedestructionandlossoftheverythingsuponwhichthesuccessofthevoyagemostdepends.

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