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The Try-Works

           Thesefrittersfeedtheflames.Likeaplethoricburningmartyr,oraself-consumingmisanthrope,onceignited,thewhalesupplieshisownfuelandburnsbyhisownbody.Wouldthatheconsumedhisownsmoke!forhissmokeishorribletoinhale,andinhaleityoumust,andnotonlythat,butyoumustliveinitforthetime.Ithasanunspeakable,wild,Hindooodoraboutit,suchasmaylurkinthevicinityoffunerealpyres.Itsmellsliketheleftwingofthedayofjudgment;itisanargumentforthepit.

           Bymidnighttheworkswereinfulloperation.Wewereclearfromthecarcass;sailhadbeenmade;thewindwasfreshening;thewildoceandarknesswasintense.Butthatdarknesswaslickedupbythefierceflames,whichatintervalsforkedforthfromthesootyflues,andilluminatedeveryloftyropeintherigging,aswiththefamedGreekfire.Theburningshipdroveon,asifremorselesslycommissionedtosomevengefuldeed.Sothepitchandsulphur-freightedbrigsoftheboldHydriote,Canaris,issuingfromtheirmidnightharbors,withbroadsheetsofflameforsails,boredownupontheTurkishfrigates,andfoldedtheminconflagrations.

           Thehatch,removedfromthetopoftheworks,nowaffordedawidehearthinfrontofthem.StandingonthisweretheTartareanshapesofthepaganharpooneers,alwaysthewhale-ship’sstokers.Withhugeprongedpolestheypitchedhissingmassesofblubberintothescaldingpots,orstirredupthefiresbeneath,tillthesnakyflamesdarted,curling,outofthedoorstocatchthembythefeet.Thesmokerolledawayinsullenheaps.

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