"young man, you’d better ship for a missionary, instead of a fore-mast hand; i never heard a better sermon. deacon deuteronomy—why father mapple himself couldn’t beat it, and he’s reckoned something. come aboard, come aboard; never mind about the papers. i say, tell quohog there—what’s that you call him? tell quohog to step along. by the great anchor, what a harpoon he’s got there! looks like good stuff that; and he handles it about right. i say, quohog, or whatever your name is, did you ever stand in the head of a whale-boat? did you ever strike a fish?"