The Cassock

           HadyousteppedonboardthePequodatacertainjunctureofthispost-mortemizingofthewhale;andhadyoustrolledforwardnighthewindlass,prettysureamIthatyouwouldhavescannedwithnosmallcuriosityaverystrange,enigmaticalobject,whichyouwouldhaveseenthere,lyingalonglengthwiseintheleescuppers.Notthewondrouscisterninthewhale’shugehead;nottheprodigyofhisunhingedlowerjaw;notthemiracleofhissymmetricaltail;noneofthesewouldsosurpriseyou,ashalfaglimpseofthatunaccountableconelongerthanaKentuckianistall,nighafootindiameteratthebase,andjet-blackasYojo,theebonyidolofQueequeg.Andanidol,indeed,itis;orrather,inoldtimes,itslikenesswas.SuchanidolasthatfoundinthesecretgrovesofQueenMaachahinJudea;andforworshippingwhich,KingAsa,herson,diddeposeher,anddestroyedtheidol,andburntitforanabominationatthebrookKedron,asdarklysetforthinthe15thchapteroftheFirstBookofKings.

           Lookatthesailor,calledthemincer,whonowcomesalong,andassistedbytwoallies,heavilybacksthegrandissimus,asthemarinerscallit,andwithbowedshoulders,staggersoffwithitasifhewereagrenadiercarryingadeadcomradefromthefield.Extendingitupontheforecastledeck,henowproceedscylindricallytoremoveitsdarkpelt,asanAfricanhunterthepeltofaboa

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