Моби Дик

Cistern and Buckets

           Insertingthispoleintothebucket,TashtegodownwardguidesthebucketintotheTun,tillitentirelydisappears;thengivingthewordtotheseamenatthewhip,upcomesthebucketagain,allbubblinglikeadairy-maid’spailofnewmilk.Carefullyloweredfromitsheight,thefull-freightedvesseliscaughtbyanappointedhand,andquicklyemptiedintoalargetub.Thenremountingaloft,itagaingoesthroughthesamerounduntilthedeepcisternwillyieldnomore.Towardstheend,Tashtegohastoramhislongpoleharderandharder,anddeeperanddeeperintotheTun,untilsometwentyfeetofthepolehavegonedown.

           Now,thepeopleofthePequodhadbeenbalingsometimeinthisway;severaltubshadbeenfilledwiththefragrantsperm;whenallatonceaqueeraccidenthappened.WhetheritwasthatTashtego,thatwildIndian,wassoheedlessandrecklessastoletgoforamomenthisone-handedholdonthegreatcabledtacklessuspendingthehead;orwhethertheplacewherehestoodwassotreacherousandoozy;orwhethertheEvilOnehimselfwouldhaveittofalloutso,withoutstatinghisparticularreasons;howitwasexactly,thereisnotellingnow;but,onasudden,astheeightiethorninetiethbucketcamesuckinglyupmyGod!poorTashtegolikethetwinreciprocatingbucketinaveritablewell,droppedhead-foremostdownintothisgreatTunofHeidelburgh,andwithahorribleoilygurgling,wentcleanoutofsight!

           "Manoverboard!"criedDaggoo,whoamidthegeneralconsternationfirstcametohissenses.

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