Моби Дик

Knights and Squires

           TheycalledhimKing-PostonboardofthePequod;because,inform,hecouldbewelllikenedtotheshort,squaretimberknownbythatnameinArcticwhalers;andwhichbythemeansofmanyradiatingsidetimbersinsertedintoit,servestobracetheshipagainsttheicyconcussionsofthosebatteringseas.

           NowthesethreematesStarbuck,StubbandFlask,weremomentousmen.TheywaswhobyuniversalprescriptioncommandedthreeofthePequod’sboatsasheadsmen.InthatgrandorderofbattleinwhichCaptainAhabwouldprobablymarshalhisforcestodescendonthewhales,thesethreeheadsmenwereascaptainsofcompanies.Or,beingarmedwiththeirlongkeenwhalingspears,theywereasapickedtriooflancers;evenastheharpooneerswereflingersofjavelins.

           Andsinceinthisfamousfishery,eachmateorheadsman,likeaGothicKnightofold,isalwaysaccompaniedbyhisboat-steererorharpooneer,whoincertainconjuncturesprovideshimwithafreshlance,whentheformeronehasbeenbadlytwisted,orelbowedintheassault;andmoreover,astheregenerallysubsistsbetweenthetwo,acloseintimacyandfriendliness;itisthereforebutmeet,thatinthisplacewesetdownwhothePequod’sharpooneerswere,andtowhatheadsmaneachofthembelonged.

           FirstofallwasQueequeg,whomStarbuck,thechiefmate,hadselectedforhissquire.ButQueequegisalreadyknown.

           NextwasTashtego,anunmixedIndianfromGayHead,themostwesterlypromontoryofMartha’sVineyard,wheretherestillexiststhelastremnantofavillageofredmen,whichhaslongsuppliedtheneighboringislandofNantucketwithmanyofhermostdaringharpooneers.

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