New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-22


same thin gs that would have ItPs ~, 49,, no III
they were the very magu cts Una. 'i.1 s,i lind
try pagan mend. though !, eI'laD 49, nv
| n.se bgS oyoved but hollow courtesy u'S" 4l'I
me- "ss PIN b;,n AMI made some friendly gns ana
b,n,s ro,ng nv best % talk Win MN medh"ni.e'
A. t,s, no li,tle no'iced these advances DI' Ws;
entity upon my referring - NJ 70 70 xere
/ ,si,iies he made out 10 ask me "ae'hei re
sa.i ~ he beffellows told him yes, wgefeA. l
ssSaeht he looked pleased, perhaps h'''e 'oN'
| pilmented. , ,.o.be, and en-
deavored to explain TO him the purpose OF tle pi'
ing am the meaning of the re" plclue> ..iA t -.
IL H. Thus soon engaged ms il'C - ahon-
that We went 10 Ja5oerpg the DesI We cVulI oou.
he xarious outer sights 10 be seen IN I'M, famous
town Soon proposed social smoke ang, pI pr
cling his pouch and tomaha"k ne qulelly oheIe I
a n,If And then We sat exchanging pals nom INA
old nine Of his and keeping It regularly passing ce-
tween US <,.ar. .. .-.-,
me in the Pagans breast, tins pleas ant geIlal snose
We had soon thawed II out aud left Us cronies he
seemed TO take 20 quite as naturally ana ulo.u-
denly as to him and when our smoke t'as over,
he pressed his forehead ag.Ins! nine, c!Aspea me
round the waist, and said that henceforth We were
married meaning In his unrys phrase, thd' "
were bosom friencs he would glaoiy ole iol iiie, -
need should be. III country ma1' Ih's sulel i,,o
of friend shp would have seemed lar too premature,
a thing TO be much distrusted but IN lnls Simple
savage those old rules would not Apply.
After supper and another SOCIAL cna' am slnone'
we went 10 our room together. He made me pres
ent of his embalmed head toek Out MS enormous
tobacco wallet and cropping under me ooa;co crew
out some thirty dollars IN silver then SpreallhS
them on the table, aud mechanically DIVIDING theh
into tao equal portions pushed one oithe "A 10 wares
me- and sald II mine | was gong 10 Ienon-
suate but he silenced me by pouring them into my
trowseTs pockets. | let them stay he theh Went
ahout ms evening PRAYERS took out his idol, and re-
moved the paper freboard. BY certain signs and
SYMPTOMS, thought he seemed anxious ioI me 10
Join him but well kno wing ~hai was 10 Iouow,
delberated moment whether In Gaze NC Hi'lIeu
mi I would comply or Otherwise
Twas good Christian born and bred IN the DO
som of the nfalliole Presby terrain Church. no"
theD could unite with this wild icolater III worship
ing his piece OF wood But what IS worship
thought I. Do you suppose now, lshmaeI' That the
mag unanimous God Of heaven and earth-pagans ana
all Inc udedcan possibly be jealous OF an insignia
cant bit OF black wood impossible But wna' is
worshpl-to DO the will of God-that is worship
And what is the will Of God Ito do to my feiio"
man what would have my fellow man DO to me-
that's the will of God Now, Queequeg is my fell
low man. And what do wish that this Queequeg
would do TO me Why, unite with me In my ptrtlc
ular Presbyterian form Of worship. Consequently,
must then unite with him in his ergo, must turn
idolaior. SO kindled the shavings helped prop up
the innocent little idol offered him burnt biscuit
with Queequeg saamed before him twice or three ,
kissed his nose and that done, we undressed ana
went to bed. at peace with our own c0nsciehces and
all the world
But we must 60 out to sea with lshmael, II
we would witness his most remarkable exploits.
We are now, then, in the midst Of things, and
with good luck may soon get sight OF Moby-
Dick Meantime we may beguile our mpatience
with the description OF a rope, on which Melville
gives us touch of his quaint moralizlngS.
With reference to the whaling scene shortly 10 be
described well for the better understanding OF
ALI similar scenes else where presented, have here to
speak OF the magical sometimes horrible whaieline
The line originally used IN the fishery was OF the
best hemp slightly vapored with tar, not lmpregna
ted with IL, in the case of ordinary ropes for
while tar, as ordinarily used makes the hemp more
pable TO the rope maker, and also renders the rope
itself more convenient to the sailor for common ship
use yet, not only would the ordinary quantity too
much stifen the whaie line for the close colilng TO
which IL must be subjected but as most seamen are
beginning TO learn tar In general by means adds
to The ropes durability or strength, however much 1t
NAV give IL compactuess and gloss.
OF late years the Manila rope has in the American
fishery almost entirely superseded hemp as mate
tlal for whae-llnes for, though not so durable as
hemp, 1t is stronger and far more soft and elastic
and viii add (since there is an aesthetics IN all
thlngs) is much more handsome and becoming to the
boat than Kemp. Hemp a dusky, dark fellow, a
soit OF Indian but Manila IS golden haired Cir
cassian to behold
TIE whale-ime is only two-thirds of an inch 10
thickness. At first sight, you would not think ii so
strong At really Is BY experiment ITS one-and-
nifty yarns VIII each suspend a weight OF one nun,
dIcd and twenty youncs so that thc whole rope VIII
bear strain nearly equal to three tuns Ia length the
common sperm whaie-line measures something over
| two hundred fahoms. Toward the stern Of the boatr
is spraly cooled away IN the tub not like the worm
pipe OF still, though, but so as TO form one round,
cheese-shaped mass of densely bedded sheaves, or
LAYERS OF concentrIc specifications, without any hol
low but the heart" or minute vertical tube formed
at the axis of the cheese AS the least tange or knk
III the coilng would, IN running out, ntalibly take
somebody's arm, leg, or entire body of, the utmost
pTeCautlon Is used IN slowing the line IN its tub.
| Some harpoOnCTS viii cOnsuue almost an entire
morning IN his business carrying the line high aloft
| ana then feevlng II downward through block
toward the tub as IN the act Of colling 10 free
| from all possible wrinkles and twists.
In the English boats two tubs are used instead OF
one the same line being continuously cooled IN both
tubs There is some advantage IN this, because these
| twinlubs beng so small they nj more readily into
the boat, and Go not STRAIN II so much whereas, the
| American tub, nearly three feet IN diameter and of
pIOportionate depth, makes rather bulky freight for
Graf, whose plspks are but one-haS inch in tnick-
ness for the bottom OF the whale boat Is like critical
| ice, which Will bear up q considerable distributed
weight, but not very much of concentrated one
! When the painted canvas governs capped on the
American hne.tub, the boat looks as Il II were pull
ing OF with prodieouS great wedding cake 10 pre-
| sent 10 the whales.
| Bo,h ends Of the line exposed, the lower end
terminating In an eyespllce or loop coming up from
the bottom against the side OF the tub and hanging
! over It's ecge completely dlsensaged from every
thing. This arrangen ent of the lower end Is neceS
Saty on TWO accounts hIs IN order 10 facilitate the
FAST ning TO II OF an additional line from ghoOr
Ing boat, IN case the stricken whale should sound
deep as 10 threaten 10 carry of the entire line origin
ally attached To the harpoon. In these instances.
the Whale OF course Is shifted like mug Of ale,
were from the one boat to the other though the
FIRST beat always hoyesS at hand 10 assist u cOnSOrt
Second, hrs arrangement Is indispensable FOR com
men Saitty's sake 10! were the lower end OF the
lire IN any way attached 10 the boat, aud were the
whale then 10 iun the hue oDt 10 the end almost m
! a single, smoking minute as he sometimes does. nc
would not stop there, for The doomed Uoa. woald IN
Iailloy be dragged down after HIM into the profun-
elil OF The sea, and IA 'hat case townCnor would
| ever fno her again.
Before Lowering the boat for the chase, the upper
end OF the line taken fioIu the tub and passing
round the geThead there is again earned forward
the eLtMe icngth OF the boat. resting croSSwlSe up
en- the loom or handle OF every mans oar. ina, u
logs against his wrist IN rowing ami also passing
between the men. as they alternately slt at the OppO
size eunw aes 20 the loaded chockS grooves IN the
extreme pointed PROV 81 the boat. where a wooden
pn or Ske~er, the size Of common Omil. prevents
uhom slipping out. From the cnocks, /. hangs IN a
slight iestocn over the bows and is then passed IN
see OF ihc boat aCnin and some fNenfr falh