The Castaway

           ItwasbutsomefewdaysafterencounteringtheFrenchman,thatamostsignificanteventbefellthemostinsignificantofthePequod’screw;aneventmostlamentable;andwhichendedinprovidingthesometimesmadlymerryandpredestinatedcraftwithalivingandeveraccompanyingprophecyofwhatevershatteredsequelmightproveherown.

           Now,inthewhaleship,itisnoteveryonethatgoesintheboats.Somefewhandsarereservedcalledshipkeepers,whoseprovinceitistoworkthevesselwhiletheboatsarepursuingthewhale.Asageneralthing,theseshipkeepersareashardyfellowsasthemencomprisingtheboats’crews.Butiftherehappentobeanundulyslender,clumsy,ortimorouswightintheship,thatwightiscertaintobemadeaship-keeper.ItwassointhePequodwiththelittlenegroPippinbynick-name,Pipbyabbreviation.PoorPip!yehaveheardofhimbefore;yemustrememberhistambourineonthatdramaticmidnight,sogloomy-jolly.

           Inouteraspect,PipandDough-Boymadeamatch,likeablackponyandawhiteone,ofequaldevelopments,thoughofdissimilarcolor,driveninoneeccentricspan.ButwhilehaplessDough-Boywasbynaturedullandtorpidinhisintellects,Pip,thoughovertender-hearted,wasatbottomverybright,withthatpleasant,genial,jollybrightnesspeculiartohistribe;atribe,whicheverenjoyallholidaysandfestivitieswithfiner,freerrelishthananyotherrace.Forblacks,theyear’scalendarshouldshownaughtbutthreehundredandsixty-fiveFourthofJulysandNewYear’sDays.

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