I love this chapter, which is called “His Mark,” because of the way in which it represents the mark, which looks like this in the Norton Critical Edition of the novel:
To find out why I think this image is funny, and what I think it means, have a look at another lengthy post over at patell.org.
The chapter is read, quite well, by David Coslett and the illustration by Brian Catling evokes the “otherness” in Queequeg’s visage that enables Peleg to identify him immediately as a “cannibal.” The illustration is called I Queequeg. Visit the site to see a high resolution version.
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