said he, ‘wise stubb;’ and kept muttering it all the time, a sort of eating of his own gums like a chimney hag. seeing he wasn’t going to stop saying over his ‘wise stubb, wise stubb,’ i thought i might as well fall to kicking the pyramid again. but i had only just lifted my foot for it, when he roared out, ‘stop that kicking!’ ‘halloa,’ says i, ‘what’s the matter now, old fellow?’ ‘look ye here,’ says he; ‘let’s argue the insult. captain ahab kicked ye, didn’t he?’ ‘yes, he did,’