symbols “slouched hat” by admin Slouched Hat Ahab’s hat is mentioned in “The Pipe” and “The Quarter Deck.” It is destroyed in “The Hat,” but is then...
Squires Daggoo by admin Third among the harpooneers was Daggoo. . . Suspended from his ears were two golden hoops, so large that the sailors called...
Squires Tashtego by admin Next was Tashtego, an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of Martha’s Vineyard, where there still exists the last...
Squires Queequeg by admin Queequeg was a native of Rokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map;...
Knights Flask by admin The third mate was Flask, a native of Tisbury, in Martha’s Vineyard. A short, stout, ruddy young fellow, very pugnacious concerning whales,...
Knights Stubb by admin Stubb was the second mate. He was a native of Cape Cod; and hence, according to local usage, was called a Cape-Cod-man.
Knights Starbuck by admin The chief mate of the Pequod was Starbuck, a native of Nantucket, and a Quaker by descent. He was a long, earnest...
Chapter The Pipe by admin . . . Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late,...
Chapter · ChooseYourOwn Stubb | First Night-Watch by admin [Stubb solus, and mending a brace.] Ha! ha! ha! ha! hem! clear my throat!— I’ve been thinking over it ever since, and...
Chapter · ChooseYourOwn Starbuck | Dusk by admin [By the Mainmast; Starbuck leaning against it.] My soul is more than matched; she’s overmanned; and by a madman! Insufferable sting, that...