Chapter 24: The Advocate

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠As Queequeg and I are now fairly embarked in this business of whaling; and as this business of whaling has somehow come to be regarded among landsmen as a rather unpoetical and disreputable pursuit; therefore, I am all anxiety to convince ye, ye landsmen, of the injustice hereby done to us hunters of whales.

In the first place, it may be deemed almost superfluous to establish the fact, that among p