Queequeg's Story

Biographical quiqueg was a native of roco voco, an island far away to the west and south. His father was a high chief, a king, his uncle a high priest. There was excellent blood in his veins, royal stuff, though sadly viteated, i fear, by the cannibal propensity he nourished. In his untutored youth, a sag harbour ship visited his father's bay, and queequeg sought a passage to christian lands. The captain at last relented and told him he might make himself at home. But this fine young savage, this sea prince of wales, never saw the captain's cabin. They put him down among