'O God, Chapter 27, Knights and Squires'

Stubb was a native of cape cod and hence, according to local usage, was called a cape cod man. When close to the whale, in the very death lock of the fight, he handled his unpitying lance coolly and off handedly. As a whistling tinker, his hammer, he would hum over his old rigadig tunes while flank and flank with the most exasperated monster usage had. For this, stub converted the jaws of death into an easy chair. What he thought of death itself, there is no telling. Whatever he thought of it all might be a question.