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Pulling
an
oar
in
the
Jeroboam
's
boat
,
was
a
man
of
a
singular
appearance
,
even
in
that
wild
whaling
life
where
individual
notabilities
make
up
all
totalities
.
He
was
a
small
,
short
,
youngish
man
,
sprinkled
all
over
his
face
with
freckles
,
and
wearing
redundant
yellow
hair
.
A
long-skirted
,
cabalistically-cut
coat
of
a
faded
walnut
tinge
enveloped
him
;
the
overlapping
sleeves
of
which
were
rolled
up
on
his
wrists
.
A
deep
,
settled
,
fanatic
delirium
was
in
his
eyes
.
So
soon
as
this
figure
had
been
first
descried
,
Stubb
had
exclaimed
--
"
That
's
he
!
that
's
he
!
--
the
long-togged
scaramouch
the
Town-Ho
's
company
told
us
of
!
"
Stubb
here
alluded
to
a
strange
story
told
of
the
Jeroboam
,
and
a
certain
man
among
her
crew
,
some
time
previous
when
the
Pequod
spoke
the
Town-Ho
.
According
to
this
account
and
what
was
subsequently
learned
,
it
seemed
that
the
scaramouch
in
question
had
gained
a
wonderful
ascendency
over
almost
everybody
in
the
Jeroboam
.
His
story
was
this
:
He
had
been
originally
nurtured
among
the
crazy
society
of
Neskyeuna
Shakers
,
where
he
had
been
a
great
prophet
;
in
their
cracked
,
secret
meetings
having
several
times
descended
from
heaven
by
the
way
of
a
trapdoor
,
announcing
the
speedy
opening
of
the
seventh
vial
,
which
he
carried
in
his
vest-pocket
;
but
,
which
,
instead
of
containing
gunpowder
,
was
supposed
to
be
charged
with
laudanum
.
A
strange
,
apostolic
whim
having
seized
him
,
he
had
left
Neskyeuna
for
Nantucket
,
where
,
with
that
cunning
peculiar
to
craziness
,
he
assumed
a
steady
,
common
sense
exterior
,
and
offered
himself
as
a
green-hand
candidate
for
the
Jeroboam
's
whaling
voyage
.
They
engaged
him
;
but
straightway
upon
the
ship
's
getting
out
of
sight
of
land
,
his
insanity
broke
out
in
a
freshet
.
He
announced
himself
as
the
archangel
Gabriel
,
and
commanded
the
captain
to
jump
overboard
.
He
published
his
manifesto
,
whereby
he
set
himself
forth
as
the
deliverer
of
the
isles
of
the
sea
and
vicar-general
of
all
Oceanica
.
The
unflinching
earnestness
with
which
he
declared
these
things
;
--
the
dark
,
daring
play
of
his
sleepless
,
excited
imagination
,
and
all
the
preternatural
terrors
of
real
delirium
,
united
to
invest
this
Gabriel
in
the
minds
of
the
majority
of
the
ignorant
crew
,
with
an
atmosphere
of
sacredness
.
Moreover
,
they
were
afraid
of
him
.
As
such
a
man
,
however
,
was
not
of
much
practical
use
in
the
ship
,
especially
as
he
refused
to
work
except
when
he
pleased
,
the
incredulous
captain
would
fain
have
been
rid
of
him
;
but
apprised
that
that
individual
's
intention
was
to
land
him
in
the
first
convenient
port
,
the
archangel
forthwith
opened
all
his
seals
and
vials
--
devoting
the
ship
and
all
hands
to
unconditional
perdition
,
in
case
this
intention
was
carried
out
.
So
strongly
did
he
work
upon
his
disciples
among
the
crew
,
that
at
last
in
a
body
they
went
to
the
captain
and
told
him
if
Gabriel
was
sent
from
the
ship
,
not
a
man
of
them
would
remain
.
He
was
therefore
forced
to
relinquish
his
plan
.
Nor
would
they
permit
Gabriel
to
be
any
way
maltreated
,
say
or
do
what
he
would
;
so
that
it
came
to
pass
that
Gabriel
had
the
complete
freedom
of
the
ship
.
The
consequence
of
all
this
was
,
that
the
archangel
cared
little
or
nothing
for
the
captain
and
mates
;
and
since
the
epidemic
had
broken
out
,
he
carried
a
higher
hand
than
ever
;
declaring
that
the
plague
,
as
he
called
it
,
was
at
his
sole
command
;
nor
should
it
be
stayed
but
according
to
his
good
pleasure
.
The
sailors
,
mostly
poor
devils
,
cringed
,
and
some
of
them
fawned
before
him
;
in
obedience
to
his
instructions
,
sometimes
rendering
him
personal
homage
,
as
to
a
god
.
Such
things
may
seem
incredible
;
but
,
however
wondrous
,
they
are
true
.
Nor
is
the
history
of
fanatics
half
so
striking
in
respect
to
the
measureless
self-deception
of
the
fanatic
himself
,
as
his
measureless
power
of
deceiving
and
bedevilling
so
many
others
.
But
it
is
time
to
return
to
the
Pequod
.
"
I
fear
not
thy
epidemic
,
man
,
"
said
Ahab
from
the
bulwarks
,
to
Captain
Mayhew
,
who
stood
in
the
boat
's
stern
;
"
come
on
board
.
"
But
now
Gabriel
started
to
his
feet
.
"
Think
,
think
of
the
fevers
,
yellow
and
bilious
!
Beware
of
the
horrible
plague
!
"
"
Gabriel
!
Gabriel
!
"
cried
Captain
Mayhew
;
"
thou
must
either
-
"
But
that
instant
a
headlong
wave
shot
the
boat
far
ahead
,
and
its
seethings
drowned
all
speech
.
"
Hast
thou
seen
the
White
Whale
?
"
demanded
Ahab
,
when
the
boat
drifted
back
.
