at length, towards noon, upon the final dismissal of the ship’s riggers, and after the pequod had been hauled out from the wharf, and after the ever-thoughtful charity had come off in a whale-boat, with her last gift—a night-cap for stubb, the second mate, her brother-in-law, and a spare bible for the steward—after all this, the two captains, peleg and bildad, issued from the cabin, and turning to the chief mate, peleg said: