ale’s on the larboard; did you never hear, Stubb, that that ship can never afterwards capsize?”</p>
<p>“Why not?</p>
<p>“I don’t know, but I heard that gamboge ghost of a Fedallah saying so, and he seems to know all about ships’ charms. But I sometimes think he’ll charm the ship to no good at last. I don’t half like that chap, Stubb. Did you ever notice how that tusk of his is a sort of carved into a snake’s head, Stubb?”</p>
<p>“Sink him! I never look at him at all; but if ever I get 