Chapter X: A Bosom Friend Ishmael returns to the Spouter-Inn and hangs out with Queequeg, noting his resemblance to George Washington. Ishmael is taken with Queequeg’s ease, calm and apparent indifference to the social. Ishmael’s own agitation and anger — the thing that made him want to knock hats off

I stalled a little. On Day 11. I fear this does not bode well. But I am going to keep going. Chapter IX: The Sermon The preacher preaches to them as if they are all in a boat together. Of what does he preach? Come on, guess. Wild guess. Hint:

Chapter VIII: The Pulpit The preacher, a former whaler by his kit and bearing, mounts to the pulpit, which itself has a maritime feel. The ladder to it is like the ladder on a ship. The cross juts out like a bowsprit.

Chapter VII: The Chapel Ishmael goes to church, where silent worshippers contemplate their mortality while gazing on memorials to men lost to the whaling industry.

Chapter VI: The Street Ishmael reports who he sees on the streets of New Bedford — farmers who want to be whalers, dandies who want to be whalers, people from foreign climes, etc.