"Stubb was the second mate,. He was a native of Cape Cod; and hence , according to local usage, was called a Cape-Cod-Man. A happy-go-lucky; neither craven nor valiant; taking perils as they came with an indifferent air; and while engaged in the most immanent crisis of the chase , toiling away , calm and collected as a journey man joiner engaged for the year. Good humpured easy and careless, he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew were invited guests."
- such a story told about a fellow, wish I carried the same temperament.
