Moby-Dick: Chapters 47-50
The Mat-Maker. The First Lowering. The Hyena. Ahab’s Boat and Crew—Fedallah.
Chapter 47
The Mat-Maker
It was a cloudy, sultry afternoon; the seamen were lazily lounging about the decks, or vacantly gazing over into the lead-coloured waters. Queequeg and I were mildly employed weaving what is called a sword-mat, for an additional lashing to our boat. So still and subdued and yet somehow preluding was all the scene, and such an inca…
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