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Queequeg in His Coffin

           Manysparehourshespent,incarvingthelidwithallmannerofgrotesquefiguresanddrawings;anditseemedthatherebyhewasstriving,inhisrudeway,tocopypartsofthetwistedtattooingonhisbody.Andthistattooinghadbeentheworkofadepartedprophetandseerofhisisland,who,bythosehieroglyphicmarks,hadwrittenoutonhisbodyacompletetheoryoftheheavensandtheearth,andamysticaltreatiseontheartofattainingtruth;sothatQueequeginhisownproperpersonwasariddletounfold;awondrousworkinonevolume;butwhosemysteriesnotevenhimselfcouldread,thoughhisownliveheartbeatagainstthem;andthesemysterieswerethereforedestinedintheendtomoulderawaywiththelivingparchmentwhereontheywereinscribed,andsobeunsolvedtothelast.AndthisthoughtitmusthavebeenwhichsuggestedtoAhabthatwildexclamationofhis,whenonemorningturningawayfromsurveyingpoorQueequeg"Oh,devilishtantalizationofthegods!"

           

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