CHAPTER XCI. Mardi Behind: An Ocean Before

REDBURN, HIS FIRST VOYAGE Herman Melville CONTENTS I HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN'S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM II REDBURN'S DEPARTURE FROM HOME III HE ARRIVES IN TOWN IV HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLING-PIECE V HE PURCHASES HIS SEA-WARDROBE, AND ON A DISMAL RAINY DAY PICKS UP HIS BOARD AND LODGING ALONG THE WHARVES VI HE IS INITIATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING OUT THE PIG-PEN, AND SLUSHING DOWN THE TOP-MAST VII HE GETS TO SEA AND FEELS VERY BAD VIII HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH; GETS SEA-SICK; AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES IX THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL, REDBURN CONVERSES WITH THEM X HE IS VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED; THE SAILORS ABUSE HIM; AND HE BECOMES MISERABLE AND FORLORN XI HE HELPS WASH THE DECKS, AND THEN GOES TO BREAKFAST XII HE GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES CALLED JACKSON XIII HE HAS A FINE DAY AT SEA, BEGINS TO LIKE IT; BUT CHANGES HIS MIND XIV HE CONTEMPLATES MAKING A SOCIAL CALL ON THE CAPTAIN IN HIS CABIN XV THE MELANCHOLY STATE OF HIS WARDROBE XVI AT DEAD OF NIGHT HE IS SENT UP TO LOOSE THE MAIN-SKYSAIL XVII THE COOK AND STEWARD XVIII HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND; AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND HIS DREAM BOOK XIX A NARROW ESCAPE XX IN A FOG HE IS SET TO WORK AS A BELL-TOLLER, AND BEHOLDS A HERD OF OCEAN-ELEPHANTS XXI A WHALEMAN AND A MAN-OF-WAR'S-MAN XXII THE HIGHLANDER PASSES A WRECK XXIII AN UNACCOUNTABLE CABIN-PASSENGER, AND A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG LADY XXIV HE BEGINS TO HOP ABOUT IN THE RIGGING LIKE A SAINT JAGO's MONKEY XXV QUARTER-DECK FURNITURE XXVI A SAILOR A JACK OF ALL TRADES XXVII HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND, AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL XXVIII HE GOES TO SUPPER AT THE SIGN OF THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER XXIX REDBURN DEFERENTIALLY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF SAILORS XXX REDBURN GROWS INTOLERABLY FLAT AND STUPID OVER SOME OUTLANDISH OLD GUIDE-BOOKS XXXI WITH HIS PROSY OLD GUIDE-BOOK, HE TAKES A PROSY STROLL THROUGH THE TOWN XXXII THE DOCKS XXXIII THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS XXXIV THE IRRAWADDY XXXV GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL XXXVI THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE XXXVII WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT'S-HEY XXXVIII THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS XXXIX THE BOOBLE-ALLEYS OF THE TOWN XL PLACARDS, BRASS-JEWELERS, TRUCK-HORSES, AND STEAMERS XLI REDBURN ROVES ABOUT HTHER AND THITHER XLII HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN XLIII HE TAKES A DELIGHTFUL RAMBLE INTO THE COUNTRY; AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THREE ADORABLE CHARMERS XLIV REDBURN INTRODUCES MASTER HARRY BOLTON TO THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE READER XLV HARRY BOLTON KIDNAPS REDBURN, AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO LONDON XLVI A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT IN LONDON XLVII HOMEWARD BOUND XLVIII A LIVING CORPSE XLIX CARLO L HARRY BOLTON AT SEA LI THE EMIGRANTS LII THE EMIGRANTS' KITCHEN LIII THE HORATII AND CURIATII LIV SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND PIG-TAIL LV DRAWING NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSON'S CAREER LVI UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONG-BOAT, REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION LVII ALMOST A FAMINE LVIII THOUGH THE HIGHLANDER PUTS INTO NO HARBOR AS YET; SHE HERE AND THERE LEAVES MANY OF HER PASSENGERS BEHIND LIX THE LAST END OF JACKSON LX HOME AT LAST LXI REDBURN AND HARRY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR LXII THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON

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