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    REDBURN. HIS FIRST VOYAGE
    by
    HERMAN MELVILLE
    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 HITHER 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 5 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 HABBY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR
    LXII THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON

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