Cutting In

           ItwasaSaturdaynight,andsuchaSabbathasfollowed!ExofficioprofessorsofSabbathbreakingareallwhalemen.TheivoryPequodwasturnedintowhatseemedashamble;everysailorabutcher.Youwouldhavethoughtwewereofferinguptenthousandredoxentotheseagods.

           Inthefirstplace,theenormouscuttingtackles,amongotherponderousthingscomprisingaclusterofblocksgenerallypaintedgreen,andwhichnosinglemancanpossiblyliftthisvastbunchofgrapeswasswayeduptothemain-topandfirmlylashedtothelowermast-head,thestrongestpointanywhereaboveaship’sdeck.Theendofthehawser-likeropewindingthroughtheseintricacies,wasthenconductedtothewindlass,andthehugelowerblockofthetackleswasswungoverthewhale;tothisblockthegreatblubberhook,weighingsomeonehundredpounds,wasattached.Andnowsuspendedinstagesovertheside,StarbuckandStubb,themates,armedwiththeirlongspades,begancuttingaholeinthebodyfortheinsertionofthehookjustabovethenearestofthetwoside-fins.Thisdone,abroad,semicircularlineiscutroundthehole,thehookisinserted,andthemainbodyofthecrewstrikingupawildchorus,nowcommenceheavinginonedensecrowdatthewindlass.Wheninstantly,theentireshipcareensoveronherside;everyboltinherstartslikethenailheadsofanoldhouseinfrostyweather;shetrembles,quivers,andnodsherfrightedmast-headstothesky.

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