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           SeeinghimselfplacednextthePriest,andnotingtheceremony,andthinkinghimselfbeingCaptainofashipashavingplainprecedenceoveramereislandKing,especiallyintheKing’sownhousetheCaptaincoollyproceedstowashhishandsinthepunchbowl;takingitIsupposeforahugefinger-glass."Now,"saidQueequeg,"whatyoutinknow?Didn’tourpeoplelaugh?"

           Atlast,passagepaid,andluggagesafe,westoodonboardtheschooner.Hoistingsail,itglideddowntheAcushnetriver.Ononeside,NewBedfordroseinterracesofstreets,theirice-coveredtreesallglitteringintheclear,coldair.Hugehillsandmountainsofcasksoncaskswerepileduponherwharves,andsidebysidetheworld-wanderingwhaleshipslaysilentandsafelymooredatlast;whilefromotherscameasoundofcarpentersandcoopers,withblendednoisesoffiresandforgestomeltthepitch,allbetokeningthatnewcruiseswereonthestart;thatonemostperilousandlongvoyageended,onlybeginsasecond;andasecondended,onlybeginsathird,andsoon,foreverandforaye.Suchistheendlessness,yea,theintolerablenessofallearthlyeffort.

           Gainingthemoreopenwater,thebracingbreezewaxedfresh;thelittleMosstossedthequickfoamfromherbows,asayoungcolthissnortings.HowIsnuffedthatTartarair!howIspurnedthatturnpikeearth!thatcommonhighwayalloverdentedwiththemarksofslavishheelsandhoofs;andturnedmetoadmirethemagnanimityoftheseawhichwillpermitnorecords.

           Atthesamefoam-fountain,Queequegseemedtodrinkandreelwithme.Hisduskynostrilsswelledapart;heshowedhisfiledandpointedteeth.

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