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Knights and Squires

           Inthefishery,theyusuallygobythegenericnameofGay-Headers.Tashtego’slong,lean,sablehair,hishighcheekbones,andblackroundingeyesforanIndian,Orientalintheirlargeness,butAntarcticintheirglitteringexpressionallthissufficientlyproclaimedhimaninheritoroftheunvitiatedbloodofthoseproudwarriorhunters,who,inquestofthegreatNewEnglandmoose,hadscoured,bowinhand,theaboriginalforestsofthemain.Butnolongersnuffinginthetrailofthewildbeastsofthewoodland,Tashtegonowhuntedinthewakeofthegreatwhalesofthesea;theunerringharpoonofthesonfitlyreplacingtheinfalliblearrowofthesires.Tolookatthetawnybrawnofhislithesnakylimbs,youwouldalmosthavecreditedthesuperstitionsofsomeoftheearlierPuritansandhalf-believedthiswildIndiantobeasonofthePrinceofthePowersoftheAir.TashtegowasStubbthesecondmate’ssquire.

           ThirdamongtheharpooneerswasDaggoo,agigantic,coal-blacknegro-savage,withalion-liketreadanAhasuerustobehold.Suspendedfromhisearsweretwogoldenhoops,solargethatthesailorscalledthemringbolts,andwouldtalkofsecuringthetop-sailhalyardstothem.InhisyouthDaggoohadvoluntarilyshippedonboardofawhaler,lyinginalonelybayonhisnativecoast.AndneverhavingbeenanywhereintheworldbutinAfrica,Nantucket,andthepaganharborsmostfrequentedbythewhalemen;andhavingnowledformanyyearstheboldlifeofthefisheryintheshipsofownersuncommonlyheedfulofwhatmannerofmentheyshipped;Daggooretainedallhisbarbaricvirtues,anderectasagiraffe,movedaboutthedecksinallthepompofsixfeetfiveinhissocks.Therewasacorporealhumilityinlookingupathim;andawhitemanstandingbeforehimseemedawhiteflagcometobegtruceofafortress.Curioustotell,thisimperialnegro,AhasuerusDaggoo,wastheSquireoflittleFlask,wholookedlikeachess-manbesidehim.

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