Not P but Moby-Dick (41)

[Mike Jing]

That's certainly a possibility, but "settled and civilized" seems to
contrast with "solitary and savage" in the next sentence.


On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 4:07 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> quiet,,,,not turbulent, no storms, etc.....
>
> On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 2:47 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From Chapter 54:
>>
>> You must know that in a settled and civilized ocean like our Atlantic, for
>> example, some skippers think little of pumping their whole way across
>> it; though
>> of a still, sleepy night, should the officer of the deck happen to forget
>> his duty in that respect, the probability would be that he and his
>> shipmates would never again remember it, on account of all hands gently
>> subsiding to the bottom. Nor in the solitary and savage seas far from you
>> to the westward, gentlemen, is it altogether unusual for ships to keep
>> clanging at their pump-handles in full chorus even for a voyage of
>> considerable length; that is, if it lie along a tolerably accessible
>> coast,
>> or if any other reasonable retreat is afforded them.
>>
>> What does "settled" mean here?
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