The Carpet-Bag

           Istuffedashirtortwointomyoldcarpet-bag,tuckeditundermyarm,andstartedforCapeHornandthePacific. QuittingthegoodcityofoldManhatto,IdulyarrivedinNewBedford. ItwasaSaturdaynightinDecember. MuchwasIdisappointeduponlearningthatthelittlepacketforNantuckethadalreadysailed,andthatnowayofreachingthatplacewouldoffer,tillthefollowingMonday. 

           AsmostyoungcandidatesforthepainsandpenaltiesofwhalingstopatthissameNewBedford,thencetoembarkontheirvoyage,itmayaswellberelatedthatI,forone,hadnoideaofsodoing. FormymindwasmadeuptosailinnootherthanaNantucketcraft,becausetherewasafine,boisteroussomethingabouteverythingconnectedwiththatfamousoldisland,whichamazinglypleasedme. BesidesthoughNewBedfordhasoflatebeengraduallymonopolizingthebusinessofwhaling,andthoughinthismatterpooroldNantucketisnowmuchbehindher,yetNantucketwashergreatoriginaltheTyreofthisCarthage;theplacewherethefirstdeadAmericanwhalewasstranded. WhereelsebutfromNantucketdidthoseaboriginalwhalemen,theRed-Men,firstsallyoutincanoestogivechasetotheLeviathan? AndwherebutfromNantucket,too,didthatfirstadventurouslittlesloopputforth,partlyladenwithimportedcobblestonessogoesthestorytothrowatthewhales,inordertodiscoverwhentheywerenighenoughtoriskaharpoonfromthebowsprit? 

           Nowhavinganight,aday,andstillanothernightfollowingbeforemeinNewBedford,erecouldembarkformydestinedport,itbecameamatterofconcernmentwhereIwastoeatandsleepmeanwhile. Itwasaverydubious-looking,nay,averydarkanddismalnight,bitinglycoldandcheerless. Iknewnooneintheplace. 

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