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dam noise dare. You hear? Stop dat dam smackin’ ob de lip! 
Massa Stubb say dat you can fill your dam bellies up to de hatchings, 
but by Gor ! you must stop dat dam racket ! ” 
“Cook,” here interposed Stubb, accompanying the word with a sud- 
den slap on the shoulder, — “Cook! why, damn your eyes, you mustn’t 
swear that way when your preaching. That’s no way to convert sin- 
ners, cook!” 
“Who dat? Den preach to him yourself,” sullenly turning to go. 
“No, cook; go on, go on.” 
“Well, den, Belubed fellow-critters”: — 
“Right !” exclaimed Stubb approvingly ; “coax ’em to it ; try that,” 
and Fleece continued. 
“Dough you is all sharks, and by natur wery woracious, yet I zay 
to you, fellow-critters, dat dat woraciousness — ’top dat dam slappin’ 
ob de tail! How you tink to hear, spose you keep up such a dam 
slappin’ and bitin’ dare?” 
“Cook,” cried Stubb, collaring him, “I won’t have that swearing. 
Talk to ’em gentlemanly.” 
Once more the sermon proceeded. 
“Your woraciousness, fellow-critters, I don’t blame ye so much for; 
dat is natur, and can’t be helped ; but to gobern dat wicket natur, dat 
is de pint. You is sharks, sartin; but if you gobern de shark in you, 
why den you be angel ; for all angel is not’ing more dan de shark well 
gobemed. Now, look here, bred’ren, just try wonst to be cibil, a-help- 
ing yourselves from dat whale. Don’t be tearin’ de blubber out your 
neighbour’s mout, I say. Is not one shark dood right as toder to dat 
whale? And, by Gor, none on you has de right to dat whale; dat 
whale belong to some one else. I know some o’ you has berry brig 
mout, brigger dan oders ; but den de brig mouts sometimes has de small 
bellies; so dat the brigness ob de mout is not to swaller wid, but to 
bite off de blubber for de small fry ob sharks, dat can’t get into de 
scrouge to help demselves.” 
“Well done, old Fleece!” cried Stubb, “that’s Christianity; go on.” 
“No use goin’ on ; de dam willians will keep a scourgin’ and slappin’ 
each oder, Massa Stubb ; dey don’t hear one word ; no use a-preachin’ 
to such dam g’uttons as you call ’em, till dare bellies is full, and dare 
