On Monday morning, the two friends check out of the Spouter-Inn and tote their belongings in a wheelbarrow to the Moss, a small schooner that will take them to Nantucket where they hope to sign on with a whaler. Queequeg recalls two anecdotes revealing cultural differences. Aboard the schooner, some louts mock Queequeg; one of them is taught a lesson but then saved from drowning by the huge harpooner. Arriving in Nantucket after dark, the friends quarter at Mr. Coffin’s cousin’s inn, the Try Pots, Mr. & Mrs. Hosea Hussey proprietors, and are treated to excellent clam chowder as well as cod chowder.
