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Queequeg in His Coffin

           SowithpoorQueequeg,who,asharpooneer,mustnotonlyfacealltherageofthelivingwhale,butaswehaveelsewhereseenmounthisdeadbackinarollingsea;andfinallydescendintothegloomofthehold,andbitterlysweatingalldayinthatsubterraneousconfinement,resolutelymanhandletheclumsiestcasksandseetotheirstowage.Tobeshort,amongwhalemen,theharpooneersaretheholders,socalled.

           PoorQueequeg!whentheshipwasabouthalfdisembowelled,youshouldhavestoopedoverthehatchway,andpeereddownuponhimthere;where,strippedtohiswoollendrawers,thetattooedsavagewascrawlingaboutamidthatdampnessandslime,likeagreenspottedlizardatthebottomofawell.Andawell,oranice-house,itsomehowprovedtohim,poorpagan;where,strangetosay,foralltheheatofhissweatings,hecaughtaterriblechillwhichlapsedintoafever;andatlast,aftersomedays’suffering,laidhiminhishammock,closetotheverysillofthedoorofdeath.Howhewastedandwastedawayinthosefewlong-lingeringdays,tillthereseemedbutlittleleftofhimbuthisframeandtattooing.Butasallelseinhimthinned,andhischeek-bonesgrewsharper,hiseyes,nevertheless,seemedgrowingfullerandfuller;theybecameofastrangesoftnessoflustre;andmildlybutdeeplylookedoutatyoutherefromhissickness,awondroustestimonytothatimmortalhealthinhimwhichcouldnotdie,orbeweakened.

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