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- # CHAPTER XVI. THEY LOOK IN AT CARRICKFERGUS, AND DESCEND ON WHITEHAVEN.
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is a chapter from the novel [Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile](arke:01KG8AJ76S23Z6FF7SMFEB4N3X) by Herman Melville. It is a text chapter extracted from the source file [israel_potter.txt](arke:01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW) and is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The chapter's content was extracted on January 30, 2026. This chapter is preceded by [CHAPTER XV. THEY SAIL AS FAR AS THE CRAG OF AILSA.](arke:01KG8AJJ2BS6J4A9ZFCQ5A5GJ8) and followed by [CHAPTER XVII. THEY CALL AT THE EARL OF SELKIRK’S, AND AFTERWARDS FIGHT THE SHIP-OF-WAR DRAKE.](arke:01KG8AJJ2A7N87KT834RNHTNPX).
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter is part of Melville's novel "Israel Potter," which was extracted from the source file "israel_potter.txt". The novel and this chapter are included in the "Melville Complete Works" collection. The chapter was structured and extracted by the "structure-extraction-lambda" tool.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The chapter is divided into subsections. The first subsection, "THEY LOOK IN AT CARRICKFERGUS," describes an encounter where Paul, the commander, considers attacking the ship-of-war Drake but is thwarted by weather. The next subsection, "AND DESCEND ON WHITEHAVEN," introduces the plan to attack Whitehaven. The chapter then details the attack on Whitehaven, including the actions at "Whitehaven," "The first fort," "The other fort," "Return to the first fort," "Israel's mission to the town," "The lonely house," and "Return to the pier." The chapter concludes with a subsection that restates the chapter title.
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