{"id":"01KG8AMDKJR7N3ZSY1CWYF02Q9","cid":"bafkreigviovq4wjd2styghe5sq7drqqvwokqi76nqiuolugitulepr22d4","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":689,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:36.270Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 3","source_file":"01KG89J19NC56FFGBCM2SWEZZY","start_line":630,"text":"Now, with all his soul, Jack abominated this Tubbs. He said he was\r\nvulgar, an upstart—Devil take him, he’s been in a whaler. But like many\r\nmen, who have been where _you_ haven’t been; or seen what _you_ haven’t\r\nseen; Tubbs, on account of his whaling experiences, absolutely affected\r\nto look down upon Jack, even as Jack did upon him; and this it was that\r\nso enraged our noble captain.\r\n\r\nOne night, with a peculiar meaning in his eye, he sent me down on deck\r\nto invite Tubbs up aloft for a chat. Flattered by so marked an\r\nhonor—for we were somewhat fastidious, and did not extend such\r\ninvitations to every body—Tubb’s quickly mounted the rigging, looking\r\nrather abashed at finding himself in the august presence of the\r\nassembled Quarter-Watch of main-top-men. Jack’s courteous manner,\r\nhowever, very soon relieved his embarrassment; but it is no use to be\r\ncourteous to _some_ men in this world. Tubbs belonged to that category.\r\nNo sooner did the bumpkin feel himself at ease, than he launched out,\r\nas usual, into tremendous laudations of whalemen; declaring that\r\nwhalemen alone deserved the name of sailors. Jack stood it some time;\r\nbut when Tubbs came down upon men-of-war, and particularly upon\r\nmain-top-men, his sense of propriety was so outraged, that he launched\r\ninto Tubbs like a forty-two pounder.\r\n\r\n“Why, you limb of Nantucket! you train-oil man! you sea-tallow\r\nstrainer! you bobber after carrion! do _you_ pretend to vilify a\r\nman-of-war? Why, you lean rogue, you, a man-of-war is to whalemen, as a\r\nmetropolis to shire-towns, and sequestered hamlets. _Here’s_ the place\r\nfor life and commotion; _here’s_ the place to be gentlemanly and jolly.\r\nAnd what did you know, you bumpkin! before you came on board this\r\n_Andrew Miller?_ What knew you of gun-deck, or orlop, mustering round\r\nthe capstan, beating to quarters, and piping to dinner? Did you ever\r\nroll to _grog_ on board your greasy ballyhoo of blazes? Did you ever\r\nwinter at Mahon? Did you ever ‘_lash and carry?_’ Why, what are even a\r\nmerchant-seaman’s sorry yarns of voyages to China after tea-caddies,\r\nand voyages to the West Indies after sugar puncheons, and voyages to\r\nthe Shetlands after seal-skins—what are even these yarns, you Tubbs\r\nyou! to high life in a man-of-war? Why, you dead-eye! I have sailed\r\nwith lords and marquises for captains; and the King of the Two Sicilies\r\nhas passed me, as I here stood up at my gun. Bah! you are full of the\r\nfore-peak and the forecastle; you are only familiar with Burtons and\r\nBilly-tackles; your ambition never mounted above pig-killing! which, in\r\nmy poor opinion, is the proper phrase for whaling! Topmates! has not\r\nthis Tubbs here been but a misuser of good oak planks, and a vile\r\ndesecrator of the thrice holy sea? turning his ship, my hearties! into\r\na fat-kettle, and the ocean into a whale-pen? Begone! you graceless,\r\ngodless knave! pitch him over the top there, White-Jacket!”\r\n\r\nBut there was no necessity for my exertions. Poor Tubbs, astounded at\r\nthese fulminations, was already rapidly descending by the rigging.\r\n\r\nThis outburst on the part of my noble friend Jack made me shake all\r\nover, spite of my padded surtout; and caused me to offer up devout\r\nthanksgivings, that in no evil hour had I divulged the fact of having\r\nmyself served in a whaler; for having previously marked the prevailing\r\nprejudice of men-of-war’s men to that much-maligned class of mariners,\r\nI had wisely held my peace concerning stove boats on the coast of\r\nJapan.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 3"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJPBCBJ9WPRN8NTZ6F7R0","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J19NC56FFGBCM2SWEZZY","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AMDKJTRX5SP6EKXQPWC6K","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"prev"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:36.466Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:43.165Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}