you could pretty plainly tell how long each one had been ashore. this young fellow’s healthy cheek is like a sun-toasted pear in hue, and would seem to smell almost as musky; he cannot have been three days landed from his indian voyage. that man next him looks a few shades lighter; you might say a touch of satin wood is in him. in the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; he doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore. but who could show a cheek like queequeg? which, barred with various tints, seemed like the andes’ western slope, to show forth in one array, contrasting climates, zone by zone.