Chapter 1 A Strange roommate
Ishmael is a schoolmaster.He wanted to leave his job and go to some special place.He decided to sign up on a merchant vessel.He had to go to New Bedford first ,then take a small boat to Nantucket.
He arrived in New Bedford on Saturday night in December.The last boat for Nantucket just left, so he need a place to live.He found a low-cost inn,but the landlord said that he was full up, he would have to share a bed with a harpooner.He went to the room but the harpooner didn't appear,so he sleeped.When he saw the harpooner,he so feared.The harpooner is a strange man.He worshiped idol.Ishmael could watched in fascination.
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