The Street

           IfIhadbeenastonishedatfirstcatchingaglimpseofsooutlandishanindividualasQueequegcirculatingamongthepolitesocietyofacivilizedtown,thatastonishmentsoondepartedupontakingmyfirstdaylightstrollthroughthestreetsofNewBedford.

           Inthoroughfaresnighthedocks,anyconsiderableseaportwillfrequentlyoffertoviewthequeerestlookingnondescriptsfromforeignparts.EveninBroadwayandChestnutstreets,Mediterraneanmarinerswillsometimesjostletheaffrightedladies.RegentStreetisnotunknowntoLascarsandMalays;andatBombay,intheApolloGreen,liveYankeeshaveoftenscaredthenatives.ButNewBedfordbeatsallWaterStreetandWapping.Intheselast-mentionedhauntsyouseeonlysailors;inNewBedford,actualcannibalsstandchattingatstreetcorners;savagesoutright;manyofwhomyetcarryontheirbonesunholyflesh.Itmakesastrangerstare.

           But,besidestheFeegeeans,Tongatobooarrs,Erromanggoans,Pannangians,andBrighggians,and,besidesthewildspecimensofthewhaling-craftwhichunheededreelaboutthestreets,youwillseeothersightsstillmorecurious,certainlymorecomical.ThereweeklyarriveinthistownscoresofgreenVermontersandNewHampshiremen,allathirstforgainandgloryinthefishery.Theyaremostlyyoung,ofstalwartframes;fellowswhohavefelledforests,andnowseektodroptheaxeandsnatchthewhale-lance.ManyareasgreenastheGreenMountainswhencetheycame.Insomethingsyouwouldthinkthembutafewhoursold.Lookthere!thatchapstruttingroundthecorner.Hewearsabeaverhatandswallow-tailedcoat,girdledwithasailor-beltandasheath-knife.Herecomesanotherwithasou’-westerandabombazinecloak.

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