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The Ship

           howitwasInevercouldfindout,for,thoughIappliedmyselftoitseveraltimes,InevercouldmasterhisliturgiesandXXXIXArticles—leavingQueequeg,then,fastingonhistomahawkpipe,andYojowarminghimselfathissacrificialfireofshavings,Isalliedoutamongtheshipping.Aftermuchprolongedsauntering,andmanyrandominquiries,Ilearntthattherewerethreeshipsupforthree-years’voyages—TheDevil-dam,theTit-bit,andthePequod.Devil-dam,Idonotknowtheoriginof;Tit-bitisobvious;Pequodyouwillnodoubtremember,wasthenameofacelebratedtribeofMassachusettsIndians;nowextinctastheancientMedes.IpeeredandpryedabouttheDevil-dam;fromher,hoppedovertotheTit-bit;andfinally,goingonboardthePequod,lookedaroundherforamoment,andthendecidedthatthiswastheveryshipforus.

           Youmayhaveseenmanyaquaintcraftinyourday,foraughtIknow;—square-toedluggers;mountainousJapanesejunks;butter-boxgalliots,andwhatnot;buttakemywordforit,youneversawsucharareoldcraftasthissamerareoldPequod.Shewasashipoftheoldschool,rathersmallifanything;withanold-fashionedclaw-footedlookabouther.Longseasonedandweather-stainedinthetyphoonsandcalmsofallfouroceans,heroldhull’scomplexionwasdarkenedlikeaFrenchgrenadier’s,whohasalikefoughtinEgyptandSiberia.Hervenerablebowslookedbearded.Hermasts—cutsomewhereonthecoastofJapan,whereheroriginaloneswerelostoverboardinagale—hermastsstoodstifflyuplikethespinesofthethreeoldkingsofCologne.Herancientdeckswerewornandwrinkled,likethepilgrim-worshippedflag-stoneinCanterburyCathedralwhereBecketbled.Buttoalltheseheroldantiquities,wereaddednewandmarvellousfeatures,pertainingtothewildbusinessthatformorethanhalfacenturyshehadfollowed.

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