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The Gam

           istooapttobeasortofshynessbetweenthem;foryourEnglishmanisratherreserved,andyourYankee,hedoesnotfancythatsortofthinginanybodybuthimself.Besides,theEnglishwhalerssometimesaffectakindofmetropolitansuperiorityovertheAmericanwhalers;regardingthelong,leanNantucketer,withhisnondescriptprovincialisms,asasortofsea-peasant.ButwherethissuperiorityintheEnglishwhalemandoesreallyconsist,itwouldbehardtosay,seeingthattheYankeesinoneday,collectively,killmorewhalesthanalltheEnglish,collectively,intenyears.ButthisisaharmlesslittlefoibleintheEnglishwhale-hunters,whichtheNantucketerdoesnottakemuchtoheart;probably,becauseheknowsthathehasafewfoibleshimself.

           So,then,weseethatofallshipsseparatelysailingthesea,thewhalershavemostreasontobesociableandtheyareso.Whereas,somemerchantshipscrossingeachother’swakeinthemid-Atlantic,willoftentimespassonwithoutsomuchasasinglewordofrecognition,mutuallycuttingeachotheronthehighseas,likeabraceofdandiesinBroadway;andallthetimeindulging,perhaps,infinicalcriticismuponeachother’srig.AsforMen-of-War,whentheychancetomeetatsea,theyfirstgothroughsuchastringofsillybowingsandscrapings,suchaduckingofensigns,thattheredoesnotseemtobemuchright-downheartygood-willandbrotherlyloveaboutitatall.AstouchingSlave-shipsmeeting,why,theyareinsuchaprodigioushurry,theyrunawayfromeachotherassoonaspossible.

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