Stowing Down and Clearing Up

           Alreadyhasitbeenrelatedhowthegreatleviathanisafaroffdescribedfromthemast-head;howheischasedoverthewaterymoors,andslaughteredinthevalleysofthedeep;howheisthentowedalongsideandbeheaded;andhow(ontheprinciplewhichentitledtheheadsmanofoldtothegarmentsinwhichthebeheadedwaskilled)hisgreatpaddedsurtoutbecomesthepropertyofhisexecutioner;how,induetime,heiscondemnedtothepots,and,likeShadrach,Meshach,andAbednego,hisspermaceti,oil,andbonepassunscathedthroughthefire;butnowitremainstoconcludethelastchapterofthispartofthedescriptionbyrehearsingsinging,ifImaytheromanticproceedingofdecantingoffhisoilintothecasksandstrikingthemdownintothehold,whereonceagainleviathanreturnstohisnativeprofundities,slidingalongbeneaththesurface:isbefore;but,alas!nevermoretoriseandblow.

           Whilestillwarm,theoil,likehotpunch,isreceivedintothesix-barrelcasks;andwhile,perhaps,theshipispitchingandrollingthiswayandthatinthemidnightsea,theenormouscasksareslewedroundandheadedover,endforend,andsometimesperilouslyscootacrosstheslipperydeck,likesomanylandslides,tillatlastman-handledandstayedintheircourse;andallroundthehoops,rap,rap,goasmanyhammersascanplayuponthem,fornow,exofficio,everysailorisacooper.

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