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The Ship

           Iwasalittlestaggered,butgoa-whalingImust,andIwould;andthePequodwasasgoodashipasanyIthoughtthebestandallthisInowrepeatedtoPeleg.Seeingmesodetermined,heexpressedhiswillingnesstoshipme.

           "Andthoumayestaswellsignthepapersrightoff,"headded"comealongwithye."Andsosaying,heledthewaybelowdeckintothecabin.

           Seatedonthetransomwaswhatseemedtomeamostuncommonandsurprisingfigure.ItturnedouttobeCaptainBildadwhoalongwithCaptainPelegwasoneofthelargestownersofthevessel;theothershares,asissometimesthecaseintheseports,beingheldbyacrowdofoldannuitants;widows,fatherlesschildren,andchancerywards;eachowningaboutthevalueofatimberhead,orafootofplank,oranailortwointheship.PeopleinNantucketinvesttheirmoneyinwhalingvessels,thesamewaythatyoudoyoursinapprovedstatestocksbringingingoodinterest.

           Now,Bildad,likePeleg,andindeedmanyotherNantucketers,wasaQuaker,theislandhavingbeenoriginallysettledbythatsect;andtothisdayitsinhabitantsingeneralretaininanuncommonmeasurepeculiaritiesoftheQuaker,onlyvariouslyandanomalouslymodifiedbythingsaltogetheralienandheterogeneous.ForsomeofthesesameQuakersarethemostsanguinaryofallsailorsandwhale-hunters.TheyarefightingQuakers;theyareQuakerswithavengeance.

           Sothatthereareinstancesamongthemofmen,who,namedwithScripturenamesasingularlycommonfashionontheislandandinchildhoodnaturallyimbibingthestatelydramatictheeandthouoftheQuakeridiom;

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