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"

There

now

's

the

old

Mogul

,

"

soliloquized

Stubb

by

the

try-works

,

"

he

's

been

twigging

it

;

and

there

goes

Starbuck

from

the

same

,

and

both

with

faces

which

I

should

say

might

be

somewhere

within

nine

fathoms

long

.

And

all

from

looking

at

a

piece

of

gold

,

which

did

I

have

it

now

on

Negro

Hill

or

in

Corlaer

's

Hook

,

I

'd

not

look

at

it

very

long

ere

spending

it

.

Humph

!

in

my

poor

,

insignificant

opinion

,

I

regard

this

as

queer

.

I

have

seen

doubloons

before

now

in

my

voyagings

;

your

doubloons

of

old

Spain

,

your

doubloons

of

Peru

,

your

doubloons

of

Chili

,

your

doubloons

of

Bolivia

,

your

doubloons

of

Popayan

;

with

plenty

of

gold

moidores

and

pistoles

,

and

joes

,

and

half

joes

,

and

quarter

joes

.

What

then

should

there

be

in

this

doubloon

of

the

Equator

that

is

so

killing

wonderful

?

By

Golconda

!

let

me

read

it

once

.

Halloa

!

here

's

signs

and

wonders

truly

!

That

,

now

,

is

what

old

Bowditch

in

his

Epitome

calls

the

zodiac

,

and

what

my

almanack

below

calls

ditto

.

I

'll

get

the

almanack

;

and

as

I

have

heard

devils

can

be

raised

with

Daboll

's

arithmetic

,

I

'll

try

my

hand

at

raising

a

meaning

out

of

these

queer

curvicues

here

with

the

Massachusetts

calendar

.

Here

's

the

book

.

Let

's

see

now

.

Signs

and

wonders

;

and

the

sun

,

he

's

always

among

'

em

.

Hem

,

hem

,

hem

;

here

they

are

--

here

they

go

--

all

alive

:

Aries

,

or

the

Ram

;

Taurus

,

or

the

Bull

and

Jimimi

!

here

's

Gemini

himself

,

or

the

Twins

.

Well

;

the

sun

he

wheels

among

'

em

.

Aye

,

here

on

the

coin

he

's

just

crossing

the

threshold

between

two

of

twelve

sitting-rooms

all

in

a

ring

.

Book

!

you

lie

there

;

the

fact

is

,

you

books

must

know

your

places

.

You

'll

do

to

give

us

the

bare

words

and

facts

,

but

we

come

in

to

supply

the

thoughts

.

That

's

my

small

experience

,

so

far

as

the

Massachusetts

calendar

,

and

Bowditch

's

navigator

,

and

Daboll

's

arithmetic

go

.

Signs

and

wonders

,

eh

?

Pity

if

there

is

nothing

wonderful

in

signs

,

and

significant

in

wonders

!

There

's

a

clue

somewhere

;

wait

a

bit

;

hist

--

hark

!

By

Jove

,

I

have

it

!

Look

you

,

Doubloon

,

your

zodiac

here

is

the

life

of

man

in

one

round

chapter

;

and

now

I

'll

read

it

off

,

straight

out

of

the

book

.

Come

,

Almanack

!

To

begin

:

there

's

Aries

,

or

the

Ram

--

lecherous

dog

,

he

begets

us

;

then

,

Taurus

,

or

the

Bull

--

he

bumps

us

the

first

thing

;

then

Gemini

,

or

the

Twins

--

that

is

,

Virtue

and

Vice

;

we

try

to

reach

Virtue

,

when

lo

!

comes

Cancer

the

Crab

,

and

drags

us

back

;

and

here

,

going

from

Virtue

,

Leo

,

a

roaring

Lion

,

lies

in

the

path

--

he

gives

a

few

fierce

bites

and

surly

dabs

with

his

paw

;

we

escape

,

and

hail

Virgo

,

the

Virgin

!

that

's

our

first

love

;

we

marry

and

think

to

be

happy

for

aye

,

when

pop

comes

Libra

,

or

the

Scales

--

happiness

weighed

and

found

wanting

;

and

while

we

are

very

sad

about

that

,

Lord

!

how

we

suddenly

jump

,

as

Scorpio

,

or

the

Scorpion

,

stings

us

in

the

rear

;

we

are

curing

the

wound

,

when

whang

comes

the

arrows

all

round

;

Sagittarius

,

or

the

Archer

,

is

amusing

himself

.

As

we

pluck

out

the

shafts

,

stand

aside

!

here

's

the

battering-ram

,

Capricornus

,

or

the

Goat

;

full

tilt

,

he

comes

rushing

,

and

headlong

we

are

tossed

;

when

Aquarius

,

or

the

Waterbearer

,

pours

out

his

whole

deluge

and

drowns

us

;

and

to

wind

up

with

Pisces

,

or

the

Fishes

,

we

sleep

.

There

's

a

sermon

now

,

writ

in

high

heaven

,

and

the

sun

goes

through

it

every

year

,

and

yet

comes

out

of

it

all

alive

and

hearty

.

Jollily

he

,

aloft

there

,

wheels

through

toil

and

trouble

;

and

so

,

alow

here

,

does

jolly

Stubb

.

Oh

,

jolly

's

the

word

for

aye

!

Adieu

,

Doubloon

!

But

stop

;

here

comes

little

King-Post

;

dodge

round

the

try-works

,

now

,

and

let

's

hear

what

he

'll

have

to

say

.

There

;

he

's

before

it

;

he

'll

out

with

something

presently

.

So

,

so

;

he

's

beginning

.

"

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"

I

see

nothing

here

,

but

a

round

thing

made

of

gold

,

and

whoever

raises

a

certain

whale

,

this

round

thing

belongs

to

him

.

So

,

what

's

all

this

staring

been

about

?

It

is

worth

sixteen

dollars

,

that

's

true

;

and

at

two

cents

the

cigar

,

that

's

nine

hundred

and

sixty

cigars

.

I

wo

n't

smoke

dirty

pipes

like

Stubb

,

but

I

like

cigars

,

and

here

's

nine

hundred

and

sixty

of

them

;

so

here

goes

Flask

aloft

to

spy

'

em

out

.

"

"

Shall

I

call

that

Wise

or

foolish

,

now

;

if

it

be

really

wise

it

has

a

foolish

look

to

it

;

yet

,

if

it

be

really

foolish

,

then

has

it

a

sort

of

wiseish

look

to

it

.

But

,

avast

;

here

comes

our

old

Manxman

--

the

old

hearse-driver

,

he

must

have

been

,

that

is

,

before

he

took

to

the

sea

.

He

luffs

up

before

the

doubloon

;

halloa

,

and

goes

round

on

the

other

side

of

the

mast

;

why

,

there

's

a

horse-shoe

nailed

on

that

side

;

and

now

he

's

back

again

;

what

does

that

mean

?

Hark

!

he

's

muttering

--

voice

like

an

old

worn-out

coffee-mill

.

Prick

ears

,

and

listen

!

"

"

If

the

White

Whale

be

raised

,

it

must

be

in

a

month

and

a

day

,

when

the

sun

stands

in

some

one

of

these

signs

.

I

've

studied

signs

,

and

know

their

marks

;

they

were

taught

me

two

score

years

ago

,

by

the

old

witch

in

Copenhagen

.

Now

,

in

what

sign

will

the

sun

then

be

?

The

horse-shoe

sign

;

for

there

it

is

,

right

opposite

the

gold

.

And

what

's

the

horse-shoe

sign

?

The

lion

is

the

horse-shoe

sign

--

the

roaring

and

devouring

lion

.

Ship

,

old

ship

!

my

old

head

shakes

to

think

of

thee

.

"

"

There

's

another

rendering

now

;

but

still

one

text

.

All

sorts

of

men

in

one

kind

of

world

,

you

see

.

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Dodge

again

!

here

comes

Queequeg

--

all

tattooing

--

looks

like

the

signs

of

the

Zodiac

himself

.

What

says

the

Cannibal

?

As

I

live

he

's

comparing

notes

;

looking

at

his

thigh

bone

;

thinks

the

sun

is

in

the

thigh

,

or

in

the

calf

,

or

in

the

bowels

,

I

suppose

,

as

the

old

women

talk

Surgeon

's

Astronomy

in

the

black

country

.

And

by

Jove

,

he

's

found

something

there

in

the

vicinity

of

his

thigh

--

I

guess

it

's

Sagittarius

,

or

the

Archer

.

No

:

he

do

n't

know

what

to

make

of

the

doubloon

;

he

takes

it

for

an

old

button

off

some

king

's

trowsers

.

But

,

aside

again

!

here

comes

that

ghost-devil

,

Fedallah

;

tail

coiled

out

of

sight

as

usual

,

oakum

in

the

toes

of

his

pumps

as

usual

.

What

does

he

say

,

with

that

look

of

his

?

Ah

,

only

makes

a

sign

to

the

sign

and

bows

himself

;

there

is

a

sun

on

the

coin

--

fire

worshipper

,

depend

upon

it

.

Ho

!

more

and

more

.

This

way

comes

Pip

--

poor

boy

!

would

he

had

died

,

or

I

;

he

's

half

horrible

to

me

.

He

too

has

been

watching

all

of

these

interpreters

myself

included

--

and

look

now

,

he

comes

to

read

,

with

that

unearthly

idiot

face

.

Stand

away

again

and

hear

him

.

Hark

!

"

"

I

look

,

you

look

,

he

looks

;

we

look

,

ye

look

,

they

look

.

"

"

Upon

my

soul

,

he

's

been

studying

Murray

's

Grammar

!

Improving

his

mind

,

poor

fellow

!

But

what

's

that

he

says

now

--

hist

!

"

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