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Title: Redburn. His First Voyage
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REDBURN. HIS FIRST VOYAGE
by
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 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 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

Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and Reminiscences Of the
Son-Of-A-Gentleman