White-Jacket

OR

THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR

by Herman Melville

AUTHOR OF “TYPEE,” “OMOO,” AND “MOBY-DICK”

NEW YORK
UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY
5 AND 7 EAST SIXTEENTH STREET
* * * * *
CHICAGO: 266 & 268 WABASH AVE.

Copyright, 1892
BY ELIZABETH S. MELVILLE

“Conceive him now in a man-of-war;
    with his letters of mart, well armed,
victualed, and appointed,
    and see how he acquits himself.”
                 —FULLER’S “Good Sea-Captain.”

NOTE. In the year 1843 I shipped as “ordinary seaman” on board of aUnited States frigate then lying in a harbor of the Pacific Ocean.After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was dischargedfrom the service upon the vessel’s arrival home. My man-of-warexperiences and observations have been incorporated in the presentvolume.

New York, March, 1850.

Contents

CHAPTER 
I.  THE JACKET.
II.  HOMEWARD BOUND.
III.  A GLANCE AT THE PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS, INTO WHICH A MAN-OF-WAR’S CREW IS DIVIDED.
IV.  JACK CHASE.
V.  JACK CHASE ON A SPANISH QUARTER-DECK.
VI.  THE QUARTER-DECK OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, AND BERTH-DECK UNDERLINGS OF A MAN-OF-WAR; WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE SHIP; HOW THEY LIVE; THEIR SOCIAL STANDING ON SHIP-BOARD; AND WHAT SORT OF GENTLEMEN THEY ARE.
VII.  BREAKFAST, DINNER, AND SUPPER.
VIII.  SELVAGEE CONTRASTED WITH MAD-JACK.
IX.  OF THE POCKETS THAT WERE IN THE JACKET.
X.  FROM POCKETS TO PICKPOCKETS.
XI.  THE PURSUIT OF POETRY UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
XII.  THE GOOD OR BAD TEMPER OF MEN-OF-WAR’S MEN, IN A GREAT DEGREE, ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR PARTICULAR STATIONS AND DUTIES ABOARD SHIP.
XIII.  A MAN-OF-WAR HERMIT IN A MOB.
XIV.  A DRAUGHT IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XV.  A SALT-JUNK CLUB IN A MAN-OF-WAR, WITH A NOTICE TO QUIT.
XVI.  GENERAL TRAINING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XVII.  AWAY! SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CUTTERS, AWAY!
XVIII.  A MAN-OF-WAR FULL AS A NUT.
XIX.  THE JACKET ALOFT.
XX.  HOW THEY SLEEP IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXI.  ONE REASON WHY MEN-OF-WAR’S MEN ARE, GENERALLY, SHO
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