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The Hat

           Thenarranginghispersoninthebasket,hegavethewordforthemtohoisthimtohisperch,Starbuckbeingtheonewhosecuredtheropeatlast;andafterwardsstoodnearit.Andthus,withonehandclingingroundtheroyalmast,Ahabgazedabroadupontheseaformilesandmilesaheadastern,thisside,andthatwithinthewideexpandedcirclecommandedatsogreataheight.

           Wheninworkingwithhishandsatsomeloftyalmostisolatedplaceintherigging,whichchancestoaffordnofoothold,thesailoratseaishoisteduptothatspot,andsustainedtherebytherope;underthesecircumstances,itsfastenedendondeckisalwaysgiveninstrictchargetosomeonemanwhohasthespecialwatchofit.Becauseinsuchawildernessofrunningrigging,whosevariousdifferentrelationsaloftcannotalwaysbeinfalliblydiscernedbywhatisseenofthematthedeck;andwhenthedeck-endsoftheseropesarebeingeveryfewminutescastdownfromthefastenings,itwouldbebutanaturalfatality,if,unprovidedwithaconstantwatchman,thehoistedsailorshouldbysomecarelessnessofthecrewbecastadriftandfallallswoopingtothesea.

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