"quick, bildad," said peleg, his partner, who, aghast at the close vicinity of the flying harpoon, had retreated towards the cabin gangway. "quick, i say, you bildad, and get the ship’s papers. we must have hedgehog there, i mean quohog, in one of our boats. look ye, quohog, we’ll give ye the ninetieth lay, and that’s more than ever was given a harpooneer yet out of nantucket."