here then, from three impartial witnesses, i had a deliberate statement of the entire case. considering, therefore, that squalls and capsizings in the water and consequent bivouacks on the deep, were matters of common occurrence in this kind of life; considering that at the superlatively critical instant of going on to the whale i must resign my life into the hands of him who steered the boat—oftentimes a fellow who at that very moment is in his impetuousness upon the point of scuttling the craft with his own frantic stampings; considering that the particular disaster to our own particular boat was chiefly to be imputed to starbuck’s driving on to his whale almost in the teeth of a squall, and considering that starbuck, notwithstanding, was famous for his great heedfulness in the fishery; considering that i belonged to this uncommonly prudent starbuck’s boat; and finally considering in what a devil’s chase i was implicated, touching the white whale: taking all things together, i say, i thought i might as well go below and make a rough draft of my will. "queequeg," said i, "come along, you shall be my lawyer, executor, and legatee."