Wheelbarrow

           Nextmorning,Monday,afterdisposingoftheembalmedheadtoabarber,forablock,Isettledmyownandcomrade’sbill;using,however,mycomrade’smoney.Thegrinninglandlord,aswellastheboarders,seemedamazinglytickledatthesuddenfriendshipwhichhadsprungupbetweenmeandQueequegespeciallyasPeterCoffin’scockandbullstoriesabouthimhadpreviouslysomuchalarmedmeconcerningtheverypersonwhomInowcompaniedwith.

           Weborrowedawheelbarrow,andembarkingourthings,includingmyownpoorcarpet-bag,andQueequeg’scanvassackandhammock,awaywewentdownto"theMoss,"thelittleNantucketpacketschoonermooredatthewharf.Asweweregoingalongthepeoplestared;notatQueequegsomuchfortheywereusedtoseeingcannibalslikehimintheirstreetsbutatseeinghimandmeuponsuchconfidentialterms.Butweheededthemnot,goingalongwheelingthebarrowbyturns,andQueequegnowandthenstoppingtoadjustthesheathonhisharpoonbarbs.Iaskedhimwhyhecarriedsuchatroublesomethingwithhimashore,andwhetherallwhalingshipsdidnotfindtheirownharpoons.Tothis,insubstance,hereplied,thatthoughwhatIhintedwastrueenough,yethehadaparticularaffectionforhisownharpoon,becauseitwasofassuredstuff,welltriedinmanyamortalcombat,anddeeplyintimatewiththeheartsofwhales.Inshort,likemanyreapersandmowers,whogointothefarmer’smeadowsarmedwiththeirownscythesthoughinnowiseobligedtofurnishthemevenso,Queequeg,forhisownprivatereasons,preferredhisownharpoon.

           Shiftingthebarrowfrommyhandtohis,hetoldmeafunnystoryaboutthefirstwheelbarrowhehadeverseen.ItwasinSagHarbor.

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