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           QueequegwasanativeofRokovoko,anislandfarawaytotheWestandSouth.Itisnotdownonanymap;trueplacesneverare.

           Whenanew-hatchedsavagerunningwildabouthisnativewoodlandsinagrassclout,followedbythenibblinggoats,asifhewereagreensapling;eventhen,inQueequeg’sambitioussoul,lurkedastrongdesiretoseesomethingmoreofChristendomthanaspecimenwhalerortwo.HisfatherwasaHighChief,aKing;hisuncleaHighPriest;andonthematernalsideheboastedauntswhowerethewivesofunconquerablewarriors.Therewasexcellentbloodinhisveinsroyalstuff;thoughsadlyvitiated,Ifear,bythecannibalpropensityhenourishedinhisuntutoredyouth.

           ASagHarborshipvisitedhisfather’sbay,andQueequegsoughtapassagetoChristianlands.Buttheship,havingherfullcomplementofseamen,spurnedhissuit;andnotalltheKinghisfather’sinfluencecouldprevail.ButQueequegvowedavow.Aloneinhiscanoe,hepaddledofftoadistantstrait,whichheknewtheshipmustpassthroughwhenshequittedtheisland.Ononesidewasacoralreef;ontheotheralowtongueofland,coveredwithmangrovethicketsthatgrewoutintothewater.Hidinghiscanoe,stillafloat,amongthesethickets,withitsprowseaward,hesatdowninthestern,paddlelowinhand;andwhentheshipwasglidingby,likeaflashhedartedout;gainedherside;withonebackwarddashofhisfootcapsizedandsankhiscanoe;climbedupthechains;andthrowinghimselfatfulllengthuponthedeck,grappledaring-boltthere,andsworenottoletitgo,thoughhackedinpieces.

           Invainthecaptainthreatenedtothrowhimoverboard;suspendedacutlassoverhisnakedwrists;QueequegwasthesonofaKing,andQueequegbudgednot.

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