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As far as the eye could reach , the sea in every direction was of a deep blue color , the waves running high and fresh , and sparkling in the light , and in the midst lay this immense mountain-island , its cavities and valleys thrown into deep shade , and its points and pinnacles glittering in the sun . He was horror-struck , as his countenance showed ; yet he had been among the worst cases in our naval hospitals . The main body of the mass was , as I have said , of an indigo color , its base crusted with frozen foam ; and as it grew thin and transparent toward the edges and top , its color shaded off from a deep blue to the whiteness of snow . Old " Mr. Bingham " and " King Mannini " went down to the boat with me , shook me heartily by the hand , wished us a good voyage , and went back to the oven , chanting one of their deep monotonous songs , the burden of which I gathered to be about us and our voyage . This afternoon , a signal was made from the shore , and we went off in the gig , and found the agent 's clerk , who had been up to the pueblo , waiting at the landing-place , with a package under his arm , covered with brown paper , and tied carefully with twine . As I was known for a hide-curer , this post was assigned to me , and I continued at it for six or eight days , tossing , in that time , from eight to ten thousand hides , until my wrists became so lame that I gave in ; and was transferred to the gang that was employed in filling the boats , where I remained for the rest of the time . The prospect of meeting this in a ship half manned , and loaded so deep that every heavy sea must wash her fore and aft , was by no means pleasant . The darky tried to butt him , but the mate got him down , and held him , the steward singing out , " Let me go , Mr. Brown , or there 'll be blood spilt ! " And there lay , floating in the ocean , several miles off , an immense , irregular mass , its top and points covered with snow , and its center of a deep indigo color .