Chowder

           ItwasquitelateintheeveningwhenthelittleMosscamesnuglytoanchor,andQueequegandIwentashore;sowecouldattendtonobusinessthatday,atleastnonebutasupperandabed.ThelandlordoftheSpouter-InnhadrecommendedustohiscousinHoseaHusseyoftheTryPots,whomheassertedtobetheproprietorofoneofthebestkepthotelsinallNantucket,andmoreoverhehadassuredusthatCousinHosea,ashecalledhim,wasfamousforhischowders.Inshort,heplainlyhintedthatwecouldnotpossiblydobetterthantrypot-luckattheTryPots.Butthedirectionshchadgivenusaboutkeepingayellowwarehouseonourstarboardhandtillweopenedawhitechurchtothelarboard,andthenkeepingthatonthelarboardhandtillwemadeacornerthreepointstothestarboard,andthatdone,thenaskthefirstmanwemetwheretheplacewas;thesecrookeddirectionsofhisverymuchpuzzledusatfirst,especiallyas,attheoutset,Queequeginsistedthattheyellowwarehouseourfirstpointofdeparturemustbeleftonthelarboardhand,whereasIhadunderstoodPeterCoffintosayitwasonthestarboard.However,bydintofbeatingaboutalittleinthedark,andnowandthenknockingupapeacefulinhabitanttoinquiretheway,weatlastcametosomethingwhichtherewasnomistaking.

           Twoenormouswoodenpotspaintedblack,andsuspendedbyasses’ears,swungfromthecross-treesofanoldtop-mast,plantedinfrontofanolddoorway.Thehornsofthecross-treesweresawedoffontheotherside,sothatthisoldtop-mastlookednotalittlelikeagallows.PerhapsIwasoversensitivetosuchimpressionsatthetime,butIcouldnothelpstaringatthisgallowswithavaguemisgiving.AsortofcrickwasinmyneckasIgazeduptothetworemaininghorns;yes,twoofthem,oneforQueequeg,andoneforme.It’sominous,thinksI.

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