Not P but Moby-Dick (40)

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Wed Nov 8 10:23:52 UTC 2023


>From Chapter 54:

“Lakeman!—Buffalo! Pray, what is a Lakeman, and where is Buffalo? ” said
Don Sebastian, rising in his swinging mat of grass.

What is this "swinging mat of grass" exactly? Is it a mat made of grass?
Then how is it swinging?


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