The Pequod Meets The Bachelor

           Andjollyenoughwerethesightsandthesoundsthatcamebearingdownbeforethewind,somefewweeksafterAhab’sharpoonhadbeenwelded.

           ItwasaNantucketship,theBachelor,whichhadjustwedgedinherlastcaskofoil,andbolteddownherburstinghatches;andnow,ingladholidayapparel,wasjoyously,thoughsomewhatvain-gloriously,sailingroundamongthewidely-separatedshipsontheground,previoustopointingherprowforhome.

           Thethreemenathermast-headworelongstreamersofnarrowredbuntingattheirhats;fromthestern,awhale-boatwassuspended,bottomdown;andhangingcaptivefromthebowspritwasseenthelonglowerjawofthelastwhaletheyhadslain.Signals,ensigns,andjacksofallcolorswereflyingfromherrigging,oneveryside.Sidewayslashedineachofherthreebasketedtopsweretwobarrelsofsperm;abovewhich,inhertop-mastcross-trees,yousawslenderbreakersofthesamepreciousfluid;andnailedtohermaintruckwasabrazenlamp.

           Aswasafterwardslearned,theBachelorhadmetwiththemostsurprisingsuccess;allthemorewonderful,forthatwhilecruisinginthesameseasnumerousothervesselshadgoneentiremonthswithoutsecuringasinglefish.Notonlyhadbarrelsofbeefandbreadbeengivenawaytomakeroomforthefarmorevaluablesperm,butadditionalsupplementalcaskshadbeenbarteredfor,fromtheshipsshehadmet;andthesewerestowedalongthedeck,andinthecaptain’sandofficers’state-rooms.

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