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They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns.

heavily built young men; his heavily muscled arms

The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings, unstrung me […]