"here's teh battering-ram, Capricornus, or the Goat: full tilt, he comes rushing and headlong we are tossed....and to wind up with Pisces, or the Fishes, we sleep"
Ishmael talks about he gold coin and compares it to many mythical and legendary animals and star constellations. Moby Dick is not drawn in the sky but i think the doubloon is like his constellation. Much like the great pyramids when they come in line some of the men think that they can catch the whale when the symbols on the doubloon line up with the sun.
Alaskan Alliance Against Administrative Waste!
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