Chapter 17: The Ramadan

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌⁠As Queequeg’s Ramadan, or Fasting and Humiliation, was to continue all day, I did not choose to disturb him till towards night-fall; for I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, never mind how comical, and could not find it in my heart to undervalue even a congregation of ants worshipping a toad-stool; or those other creatures in certain parts of our earth, who wit