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Knights and Squires

           and,wheneverheturnedin,hesmokedthemalloutinsuccession,lightingonefromtheothertotheendofthechapter;thenloadingthemagaintobeinreadinessanew.For,whenStubbdressed,insteadoffirstputtinghislegsintohistrowsers,heputhispipeintohismouth.

           Isaythiscontinualsmokingmusthavebeenonecause,atleastofhispeculiardisposition;foreveryoneknowsthatthisearlyair,whetherashoreorafloat,isterriblyinfectedwiththenamelessmiseriesofthenumberlessmortalswhohavediedexhalingit;andasintimeofthecholera,somepeoplegoaboutwithacamphoratedhandkerchieftotheirmouths;so,likewise,againstallmortaltribulations,Stubb’stobaccosmokemighthaveoperatedasasortofdisinfectingagent.

           ThethirdmatewasFlask,anativeofTisbury,inMartha’sVineyard.Ashort,stout,ruddyyoungfellow,verypugnaciousconcerningwhales,whosomehowseemedtothinkthatthegreatLeviathanshadpersonallyandhereditarilyaffrontedhim;andthereforeitwasasortofpointofhonorwithhim,todestroythemwheneverencountered.Soutterlylostwashetoallsenseofreverenceforthemanymarvelsoftheirmajesticbulkandmysticways;andsodeadtoanythinglikeanapprehensionofanypossibledangerencounteringthem;thatinhispooropinion,thewondrouswhalewasbutaspeciesofmagnifiedmouse,oratleastwater-rat,requiringonlyalittlecircumventionandsomesmallapplicationoftimeandtroubleinordertokillandboil.Thisignorant,unconsciousfearlessnessofhismadehimalittlewaggishinthematterofwhales;hefollowedthesefishforthefunofit;andathreeyears’voyageroundCapeHornwasonlyajollyjokethatlastedthatlengthoftime.Asacarpenter’snailsaredividedintowroughtnailsandcutnails;somankindmaybesimilarlydivided.LittleFlaskwasoneofthewroughtones;madetoclinchtightandlastlong.

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