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Leg and Arm

           "Iwasaboutobserving,sir,beforeCaptainBoomer’sfacetiousinterruption,thatspiteofmybestandseverestendeavors,thewoundkeptgettingworseandworse;thetruthwas,sir,itwasasuglygapingwoundassurgeoneversaw;morethantwofeetandseveralincheslong.Imeasureditwiththeleadline.Inshort,itgrewblack;Iknewwhatwasthreatened,andoffitcame.ButIhadnohandinshippingthativoryarmthere;thatthingisagainstallrule"—pointingatitwiththemarlingspike—"thatisthecaptain’swork,notmine;heorderedthecarpentertomakeit;hehadthatclub-hammerthereputtotheend,toknocksomeone’sbrainsoutwith,Isuppose,ashetriedmineonce.Hefliesintodiabolicalpassionssometimes.Doyeseethisdent,sir"—removinghishat,andbrushingasidehishair,andexposingabowl-likecavityinhisskull,butwhichborenottheslightestscarrytrace,oranytokenofeverhavingbeenawound—"Well,thecaptaintherewilltellyouhowthatcamethere;heknows."

           "No,Idon’t,"saidthecaptain,"buthismotherdid;hewasbornwithit.Oh,yousolemnrogue,youyouBunger!wasthereeversuchanotherBungerinthewateryworld?Bunger,whenyoudie,yououghttodieinpickle,youdog;youshouldbepreservedtofutureages,yourascal."

           "WhatbecameoftheWhiteWhale?"nowcriedAhab,whothusfarhadbeenimpatientlylisteningtothisbyeplaybetweenthetwoEnglishmen.

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