The Pequod Meets The Virgin

           Thepredestinateddayarrived,andwedulymettheshipJungfrau,DerickDeDeer,master,ofBremen.

           Atonetimethegreatestwhalingpeopleintheworld,theDutchandGermansarenowamongtheleast;buthereandthereatverywideintervalsoflatitudeandlongitude,youstilloccasionallymeetwiththeirflaginthePacific.

           Forsomereason,theJungfrauseemedquiteeagertopayherrespects.WhileyetsomedistancefromthePequod,sheroundedto,anddroppingaboat,hercaptainwasimpelledtowardsus,impatientlystandinginthebowsinsteadofthestern.

           "Whathasheinhishandthere?"criedStarbuck,pointingtosomethingwavinglyheldbytheGerman."Impossible!alamp-feeder!"

           "Notthat,"saidStubb,"no,no,it’sacoffee-pot,Mr.Starbuck;he’scomingofftomakeusourcoffee,istheYarman;don’tyouseethatbigtincantherealongsideofhim?that’shisboilingwater.Oh!he’sallright,istheYarman."

           "Goalongwithyou,"criedFlask,"it’salamp-feederandanoil-can.He’soutofoil,andhascomea-begging."

           Howevercuriousitmayseemforanoil-shiptobeborrowingoilonthewhale-ground,andhowevermuchitmayinvertedlycontradicttheoldproverbaboutcarryingcoalstoNewcastle,yetsometimessuchathingreallyhappens;andinthepresentcaseCaptainDerickDeDeerdidindubitablyconductalamp-feederasFlaskdiddeclare.

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