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The First Lowering

           ButthesightoflittleFlaskmountedupongiganticDaggoowasyetmorecurious;forsustaininghimselfwithacool,indifferent,easy,unthoughtof,barbaricmajesty,thenoblenegrotoeveryrolloftheseaharmoniouslyrolledhisfineform.Onhisbroadback,flaxen-hairedFlaskseemedasnow-flake.Thebearerlookednoblerthantherider.Thoughtrulyvivacious,tumultuous,ostentatiouslittleFlaskwouldnowandthenstampwithimpatience;butnotoneaddedheavedidhetherebygivetothenegro’slordlychest.SohaveIseenPassionandVanitystampingthelivingmagnanimousearth,buttheearthdidnotalterhertidesandherseasonsforthat.

           MeanwhileStubb,thethirdmate,betrayednosuchfar-gazingsolicitudes.Thewhalesmighthavemadeoneoftheirregularsoundings,notatemporarydivefrommerefright;andifthatwerethecase,Stubb,ashiswontinsuchcases,itseems,wasresolvedtosolacethelanguishingintervalwithhispipe.Hewithdrewitfromhishatband,wherehealwaysworeitaslantlikeafeather.

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