Моби Дик

The Cassock

           Thisdoneheturnsthepeltinsideout,likeapantaloonleg;givesitagoodstretching,soasalmosttodoubleitsdiameter;andatlasthangsit,wellspread,intherigging,todry.Erelong,itistakendown;whenremovingsomethreefeetofit,towardsthepointedextremity,andthencuttingtwoslitsforarm-holesattheotherend,helengthwiseslipshimselfbodilyintoit.Themincernowstandsbeforeyouinvestedinthefullcanonicalsofhiscalling.Immemorialtoallhisorder,thisinvestiturealonewilladequatelyprotecthim,whileemployedinthepeculiarfunctionsofhisoffice.

           Thatofficeconsistsinmincingthehorse-piecesofblubberforthepots;anoperationwhichisconductedatacuriouswoodenhorse,plantedendwiseagainstthebulwarks,andwithacapacioustubbeneathit,intowhichthemincedpiecesdrop,fastasthesheetsfromaraptorator’sdesk.Arrayedindecentblack;occupyingaconspicuouspulpit;intentonbibleleaves;whatacandidateforanarchbishopric,whataladforaPopewerethismincer!

           

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