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The Spouter-Inn

           upontheaggregatedopinionsofmanyagedpersonswithwhomIconverseduponthesubject.ThepicturerepresentsaCape-Hornerinagreathurricane;thehalf-founderedshipwelteringtherewithitsthreedismantledmastsalonevisible;andanexasperatedwhale,purposingtospringcleanoverthecraft,isintheenormousactofimpalinghimselfuponthethreemast-heads.

           Theoppositewallofthisentrywashungalloverwithaheathenisharrayofmonstrousclubsandspears.Somewerethicklysetwithglitteringteethresemblingivorysaws;othersweretuftedwithknotsofhumanhair;andonewassickle-shaped,withavasthandlesweepingroundlikethesegmentmadeinthenew-mowngrassbyalong-armedmower.Youshudderedasyougazed,andwonderedwhatmonstrouscannibalandsavagecouldeverhavegoneadeath-harvestingwithsuchahacking,horrifyingimplement.Mixedwiththesewererustyoldwhalinglancesandharpoonsallbrokenanddeformed.Somewerestoriedweapons.Withthisoncelonglance,nowwildlyelbowed,fiftyyearsagodidNathanSwainkillfifteenwhalesbetweenasunriseandasunset.Andthatharpoon—solikeacorkscrewnow—wasflunginJavanseas,andrunawaywithbyawhale,yearsafterwardsslainofftheCapeofBlanco.Theoriginalironenterednighthetail,and,likearestlessneedlesojourninginthebodyofaman,travelledfullfortyfeet,andatlastwasfoundimbeddedinthehump.

           Crossingthisduskyentry,andonthroughyonlow-archedway—cutthroughwhatinoldtimesmusthavebeenagreatcentralchimneywithfireplacesallround—youenterthepublicroom.Astillduskierplaceisthis,withsuchlowponderousbeamsabove,andsucholdwrinkledplanksbeneath,thatyouwouldalmostfancyyoutrodsomeoldcraft’scockpits,especiallyofsuchahowlingnight,whenthiscorner-anchoredoldarkrockedsofuriously.Ononesidestoodalong,low,shelf-liketablecoveredwithcrackedglasscases,filledwithdustyraritiesgatheredfromthiswideworld’sremotestnooks.Projectingfromthefurtherangleoftheroomstandsadark-lookingden—

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