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The Ship

           IthoughthimthequeerestoldQuakerIeversaw,especiallyasPeleg,hisfriendandoldshipmate,seemedsuchablusterer.ButIsaidnothing,onlylookingroundmesharply.Pelegnowthrewopenachest,anddrawingforththeship’sarticles,placedpenandinkbeforehim,andseatedhimselfatalittletable.IbegantothinkitwashightimetosettlewithmyselfatwhattermsIwouldbewillingtoengageforthevoyage.Iwasalreadyawarethatinthewhalingbusinesstheypaidnowages;butallhands,includingthecaptain,receivedcertainsharesoftheprofitscalledlays,andthattheselayswereproportionedtothedegreeofimportancepertainingtotherespectivedutiesoftheship’scompany.Iwasalsoawarethatbeingagreenhandatwhaling,myownlaywouldnotbeverylarge;butconsideringthatIwasusedtothesea,couldsteeraship,splicearope,andallthat,ImadenodoubtthatfromallIhadheardIshouldbeofferedatleastthe275thlaythatis,the275thpartoftheclearnetproceedsofthevoyage,whateverthatmighteventuallyamountto.Andthoughthe275thlaywaswhattheycallaratherlonglay,yetitwasbetterthannothing;andifwehadaluckyvoyage,mightprettynearlypayfortheclothingIwouldwearoutonit,nottospeakofmythreeyears’beefandboard,forwhichIwouldnothavetopayonestiver.

           Itmightbethoughtthatthiswasapoorwaytoaccumulateaprincelyfortuneandsoitwas,averypoorwayindeed.ButIamoneofthosewhonevertakeonaboutprincelyfortunes,andamquitecontentiftheworldisreadytoboardandlodgeme,whileIamputtingupatthisgrimsignoftheThunderCloud.Uponthewhole,Ithoughtthe275thlaywouldbeaboutthefairthing,butwouldnothavebeensurprisedhadIbeenofferedthe200th,consideringIwasofabroad-shoulderedmake.

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