Queequeg in His Coffin

           Uponsearching,itwasfoundthatthecaskslaststruckintotheholdwereperfectlysound,andthattheleakmustbefurtheroff.So,itbeingcalmweather,theybrokeoutdeeperanddeeper,disturbingtheslumbersofthehugeground-tierbutts;andfromthatblackmidnightsendingthosegiganticmolesintothedaylightabove.Sodeepdidtheygo;andsoancient,andcorroded,andweedytheaspectofthelowermostpuncheons,thatyoualmostlookednextforsomemouldycorner-stonecaskcontainingcoinsofCaptainNoah,withcopiesofthepostedplacards,vainlywarningtheinfatuatedoldworldfromtheflood.Tierceaftertierce,too,ofwater,andbread,andbeef,andshooksofstaves,andironbundlesofhoop,werehoistedout,tillatlastthepileddeckswerehardtogetabout;andthehollowhullechoedunderfoot,asifyouweretreadingoveremptycatacombs,andreeledandrolledinthesealikeanair-freighteddemijohn.Top-heavywastheshipasadinnerlessstudentwithallAristotleinhishead.WellwasitthattheTyphoonsdidnotvisitthemthen.

           Now,atthistimeitwasthatmypoorpagancompanion,andfastbosom-friend,Queequeg,wasseizedwithafever,whichbroughthimnightohisendlessend.

           Beitsaid,thatinthisvocationofwhaling,sinecuresareunknown;dignityanddangergohandinhand;tillyougettobeCaptain,thehigheryourisetheharderyoutoil.

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