upon entering the place i found a number of young seamen gathered about a table, examining by a dim light divers specimens of skrimshander. i sought the landlord, and telling him i desired to be accommodated with a room, received for answer that his house was full—not a bed unoccupied. "but avast," he added, tapping his forehead, "you haint no objections to sharing a harpooneer’s blanket, have ye? i s’pose you are goin’ a-whalin’, so you’d better get used to that sort of thing."