Dec 27, 2009
Ishmael was a schoolmaster who often felt that he must leave his quiet existence and go to sea. Much of his life had been spent as a sailor, and his voyages were a means of ridding himself of the restlessness which frequently seized him. One day, he decided that he would sign on a whaling ship, and packing his carpetbag, he left Manhattan and set out, bound for Cape Horn and the Pacific.
On his arrival in New Bedford, he went to the Spouter Inn near the waterfront to spend the night. There he found he could have a bed only if he consented to share it with a...
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