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The Ship

           Butonething,nevertheless,thatmademealittledistrustfulaboutreceivingagenerousshareoftheprofitswasthis:Ashore,IhadheardsomethingofbothCaptainPelegandhisunaccountableoldcronyBildad;howthattheybeingtheprincipalproprietorsofthePequod,thereforetheotherandmoreinconsiderableandscatteredowners,leftnearlythewholemanagementoftheship’saffairstothesetwo.AndIdidnotknowbutwhatthestingyoldBildadmighthaveamightydealtosayaboutshippinghands,especiallyasInowfoundhimonboardthePequod,quiteathomethereinthecabin,andreadinghisBibleasifathisownfireside.NowwhilePelegwasvainlytryingtomendapenwithhisjack-knife,oldBildad,tomynosmallsurprise,consideringthathewassuchaninterestedpartyintheseproceedings;Bildadneverheededus,butwentonmumblingtohimselfoutofhisbook,"Laynotupforyourselvestreasuresuponearth,wheremoth-"

           "Well,CaptainBildad,"interruptedPeleg,"whatd’yesay,whatlayshallwegivethisyoungman?"

           "Thouknowestbest,"wasthesepulchralreply,"thesevenhundredandseventy-seventhwouldn’tbetoomuch,wouldit?‘wheremothandrustdocorrupt,butlay-’"

           Lay,indeed,thoughtI,andsuchalay!thesevenhundredandseventy-seventh!Well,oldBildad,youaredeterminedthatI,forone,shallnotlayupmanylaysherebelow,wheremothandrustdocorrupt.Itwasanexceedinglylonglaythat,indeed;andthoughfromthemagnitudeofthefigureitmightatfirstdeceivealandsman,yettheslightestconsiderationwillshowthatthoughsevenhundredandseventy-sevenisaprettylargenumber,yet,whenyoucometomakeateenthofit,youwillthensee,Isay,thatthesevenhundredandseventy-seventhpartofaforthingisagooddeallessthansevenhundredandseventy-sevengolddoubloons;andsoIthoughtatthetime.

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