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Cistern and Buckets

           "Both!both!itisboth!"-criedDaggooagainwithajoyfulshout;andsoonafter,Queequegwasseenboldlystrikingoutwithonehand,andwiththeotherclutchingthelonghairoftheIndian.Drawnintothewaitingboat,theywerequicklybroughttothedeck;butTashtegowaslongincomingto,andQueequegdidnotlookverybrisk.

           Now,howhadthisnoblerescuebeenaccomplished?Why,divingaftertheslowlydescendinghead,Queequegwithhiskeenswordhadmadesidelungesnearitsbottom,soastoscuttlealargeholethere;thendroppinghissword,hadthrusthislongarmfarinwardsandupwards,andsohauledoutpoorTashbythehead.Heaverred,thatuponfirstthrustinginforhim,alegwaspresented;butwellknowingthatthatwasnotasitoughttobe,andmightoccasiongreattrouble;hehadthrustbacktheleg,andbyadexterousheaveandtoss,hadwroughtasomersetupontheIndian;sothatwiththenexttrial,hecameforthinthegoodoldway-headforemost.Asforthegreatheaditself,thatwasdoingaswellascouldbeexpected.

           Andthus,throughthecourageandgreatskillinobstetricsofQueequeg,thedeliverance,orrather,deliveryofTashtego,wassuccessfullyaccomplished,intheteeth,too,ofthemostuntowardandapparentlyhopelessimpediments;whichisalessonbynomeanstobeforgotten.Midwiferyshouldbetaughtinthesamecoursewithfencingandboxing,ridingandrowing.

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