at last, stepping on board the pequod, we found everything in profound quiet, not a soul moving. the cabin entrance was locked within; the hatches were all on, and lumbered with coils of rigging. going forward to the forecastle, we found the slide of the scuttle open. seeing a light, we went down, and found only an old rigger there, wrapped in a tattered pea-jacket. he was thrown at whole length upon two chests, his face downwards and inclosed in his folded arms. the profoundest slumber slept upon him.