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- # CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
## 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, extracted from the source file "[israel_potter.txt](arke:01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW)". The chapter was extracted on January 30, 2026, and is part of the "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)" collection. It spans lines 3703 to 4137 of the source text.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter follows "[CHAPTER XIII. HIS ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE, WITH VARIOUS ADVENTURES FOLLOWING.](arke:01KG8AJJ261FWJ1RK528BTY9AX)" and precedes "[CHAPTER XV.\nTHEY SAIL AS FAR AS THE CRAG OF AILSA.](arke:01KG8AJJ2BS6J4A9ZFCQ5A5GJ8)". The novel "Israel Potter" is part of the "Melville Complete Works" collection.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The chapter opens with an introduction and then details Israel's experiences as a sailor on three different ships. The chapter is divided into sections describing Israel's time on a British man-of-war, a British revenue cutter, and an American warship, the "Ranger".
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- CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
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- CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.