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           "Kill-e,"criedQueequeg,twistinghistattooedfaceintoanunearthlyexpressionofdisdain,"ah!himbevysmall-efish-e;Queequegnokill-esosmall-efish-e;Queequegkill-ebigwhale!"

           "Lookyou,"roaredtheCaptain,"I’llkill-eyou,youcannibal,ifyoutryanymoreofyourtricksaboardhere;somindyoureye."

           Butitsohappenedjustthen,thatitwashightimefortheCaptaintomindhisowneye.Theprodigiousstrainuponthemain-sailhadpartedtheweather-sheet,andthetremendousboomwasnowflyingfromsidetoside,completelysweepingtheentireafterpartofthedeck.ThepoorfellowwhomQueequeghadhandledsoroughly,wassweptoverboard;allhandswereinapanic;andtoattemptsnatchingattheboomtostayit,seemedmadness.Itflewfromrighttoleft,andbackagain,almostinonetickingofawatch,andeveryinstantseemedonthepointofsnappingintosplinters.Nothingwasdone,andnothingseemedcapableofbeingdone;thoseondeckrushedtowardthebows,andstoodeyeingtheboomasifitwerethelowerjawofanexasperatedwhale.Inthemidstofthisconsternation,Queequegdroppeddeftlytohisknees,andcrawlingunderthepathoftheboom,whippedholdofarope,securedoneendtothebulwarks,andthenflingingtheotherlikealasso,caughtitroundtheboomasitsweptoverhishead,andatthenextjerk,thesparwasthatwaytrapped,andallwassafe.Theschoonerwasrunintothewind,andwhilethehandswereclearingawaythesternboat,Queequeg,strippedtothewaist,dartedfromthesidewithalonglivingarcofaleap.Forthreeminutesormorehewasseenswimminglikeadog,throwinghislongarmsstraightoutbeforehim,andbyturnsrevealinghisbrawnyshouldersthroughthefreezingfoam.Ilookedatthegrandandgloriousbutsawnoonetobesaved.

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