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Stowing Down and Clearing Up

           Atlength,whenthelastpintiscasked,andalliscool,thenthegreathatchwaysareunsealed,thebowelsoftheshiparethrownopen,anddowngothecaskstotheirfinalrestinthesea.Thisdone,thehatchesarereplaced,andhermeticallyclosed,likeaclosetwalledup.

           Inthespermfishery,thisisperhapsoneofthemostremarkableincidentsinallthebusinessofwhaling.Onedaytheplanksstreamwithfreshetsofbloodandoil;onthesacredquarter-deckenormousmassesofthewhale’sheadareprofanelypiled;greatrustycaskslieabout,asinabreweryyard;thesmokefromthetry-workshasbesootedallthebulwarks;themarinersgoaboutsuffusedwithunctuousness;theentireshipseemsgreatleviathanhimself;whileonallhandsthedinisdeafening.

           Butadayortwoafter,youlookaboutyou,andprickyourearsinthisself-sameship!andwereitnotforthetell-taleboatsandtry-works,youwouldallbutswearyoutrodsomesilentmerchantvessel,withamostscrupulouslyneatcommander.Theunmanufacturedspermoilpossessesasingularlycleansingvirtue.Thisisthereasonwhythedecksneverlooksowhiteasjustafterwhattheycallanaffairofoil.Besides,fromtheashesoftheburnedscrapsofthewhale,apotentlyeisreadilymade;andwheneveranyadhesivenessfromthebackofthewhaleremainsclingingtotheside,thatlyequicklyexterminatesit.Handsgodiligentlyalongthebulwarks,andwithbucketsofwaterandragsrestorethemtotheirfulltidiness.Thesootisbrushedfromthelowerrigging.

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