Chapter 11 6.street market

Queequeg must have been conspicuous on the streets of a civilized society, but in New Bedford grotesques like him were everywhere to be seen. This may be a common occurrence in any large dock, even on Broadway, there are often Mediterranean sailors rushing timid ladies; it is not difficult to see East Indian sailors and Malays on Regent Street in London; The jumping and jumping Americanization made the local indigenous people terrified. However, only in New Bedford can you see the cannibals sitting and chatting in the street. They are true savages, and their naked appearance will surprise the first-timer.

Besides these whaling natives from the wilderness, there were many reserve whalers from New Hampshire and the like.They have been working in the mountains, forests and fields, and they are strong and strong, but they have never seen anything in the world.Now rushing to the seashore in a hurry, trying every means to join the ranks of whaling, seeing that this is a good career that can gain both fame and fortune. You see, that one wears a beaver hat, a tuxedo, a sailor's sash, and a sheathed knife; There are bell buttons on the vest and suspenders on the canvas trousers.It's a joke to wear such clothes to sea. A gust of wind and rain will make them run away with their hats covered and suspenders in their hands.They were mostly country boys who would wear buckskin gloves in the summer to keep their hands from getting burned by the sun before mowing his two acres of grass.

New Bedford not only has these strange people, but also many mansions, rich mansions and beautiful gardens that do not match this barren land. They also arose from javelins like those in Queequeg's hands.If it were not for the whaling industry, it would be indistinguishable from the wild coast of Labrador.All the buildings and money here were fished from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, poked up from the sea with javelins. It is said that in New Bedford it is often a large whale that makes a dowry for a daughter, and a small one for a niece.At ostentatious weddings, whale oil lamps are lit all night in the large pool of oil.

The summer in New Bedford is beautiful, the maple trees form a green alley on the street; the autumn in New Bedford is also beautiful, the horse chestnut trees towering into the sky stand beside you like a Chinese watch. The women of New Bedford are as bright as flowers.The flowers only bloom in spring and summer, but they adorn this beautiful coastal city all year round. It is said that the young girls all have a musky smell, and their lovers who are sailors will smell the fragrance of their bodies before they land, making them mistakenly think that they are in the Lilac Islands!