A Squeeze of the Hand

           ThatwhaleofStubb’s,sodearlypurchased,wasdulybroughttothePequod’sside,whereallthosecuttingandhoistingoperationspreviouslydetailed,wereregularlygonethrough,eventothebalingoftheHeidelburghTun,orCase.

           Whilesomewereoccupiedwiththislatterduty,otherswereemployedindraggingawaythelargertubs,sosoonasfilledwiththesperm;andwhenthepropertimearrived,thissamespermwascarefullymanipulatederegoingtothetry-works,ofwhichanon.

           Ithadcooledandcrystallizedtosuchadegree,thatwhen,withseveralothers,IsatdownbeforealargeConstantine’sbathofit,Ifounditstrangelyconcretedintolumps,hereandthererollingaboutintheliquidpart.Itwasourbusinesstosqueezetheselumpsbackintofluid.Asweetandunctuousduty!Nowonderthatinoldtimesspermwassuchafavoritecosmetic.Suchaclearer!suchasweetener!suchasoftener;suchadeliciousmollifier!Afterhavingmyhandsinitforonlyafewminutes,myfingersfeltlikeeels,andbegan,asitwere,toserpentineandspiralize.

           AsIsatthereatmyease,cross-leggedonthedeck;afterthebitterexertionatthewindlass;underabluetranquilsky;theshipunderindolentsail,andglidingsoserenelyalong;asIbathedmyhandsamongthosesoft,gentleglobulesofinfiltratedtissues,wovealmostwithinthehour;astheyrichlybroketomyfingers,anddischargedalltheiropulence,likefullyripegrapestheirwine;as.

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