The Mast-Head

           Itwasduringthemorepleasantweather,thatinduerotationwiththeotherseamenmyfirstmast-headcameround.

           InmostAmericanwhalementhemast-headsaremannedalmostsimultaneouslywiththevessel’sleavingherport;eventhoughshemayhavefifteenthousandmiles,andmore,tosailerereachingherpropercruisingground.Andif,afterathree,four,orfiveyears’voyagesheisdrawingnighhomewithanythingemptyinhersay,anemptyvialeventhen,hermast-headsarekeptmannedtothelast!andnottillherskysail-polessailinamongthespiresoftheport,doesshealtogetherrelinquishthehopeofcapturingonewhalemore.

           Now,asthebusinessofstandingmast-heads,ashoreorafloat,isaveryancientandinterestingone,letusinsomemeasureexpatiatehere.Itakeit,thattheearlieststandersofmast-headsweretheoldEgyptians;because,inallmyresearches,Ifindnonepriortothem.Forthoughtheirprogenitors,thebuildersofBabel,mustdoubtless,bytheirtower,haveintendedtoreartheloftiestmast-headinallAsia,orAfricaeither;yet(erethefinaltruckwasputtoit)asthatgreatstonemastoftheirsmaybesaidtohavegonebytheboard,inthedreadgaleofGod’swrath;therefore,wecannotgivetheseBabelbuilderspriorityovertheEgyptians.

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