Not P but Moby-Dick (3)

[Mark Kohut]

Human flesh  =  not divine. unholy because of the world--as we are. part of
what we are.

Of course, cannibals eat this unholy flesh, which is invoked with that
phrase..

On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 1:03 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The following excerpt is from Chapter 6:
>
> In these last-mentioned haunts you see only sailors;  but in New Bedford,
> actual cannibals stand chatting at street corners;  savages outright;  many
> of whom yet carry on their bones unholy flesh.  It makes a stranger stare.
>
> What does "yet carry on their bones unholy flesh" mean here? All five
> previous Chinese translations I have consulted interpreted it as being
> naked, but I don't think it's correct.
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