CHAPTER XIX. THE JACKET ALOFT.

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# CHAPTER XIX. THE JACKET ALOFT. ## Overview This is a chapter from the novel [White-Jacket](arke:01KG8AJ89Z18FKVJV5H0488ZAZ) by Herman Melville. It is identified as "CHAPTER XIX. THE JACKET ALOFT." and spans from line 2964 to 3093 in the source file [white_jacket.txt](arke:01KG89J19NC56FFGBCM2SWEZZY). The chapter was extracted on January 30, 2026. ## Context The chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows [CHAPTER XVIII. A MAN-OF-WAR FULL AS A NUT.](arke:01KG8AJQ3R1WNFTSHSRDX7EZ4H) and precedes [CHAPTER XX.](arke:01KG8AJQSBXZB97M7AAVAG7A5J) in the novel's sequence. ## Contents This chapter recounts an incident where the narrator, White-Jacket, nearly falls to his death while musing aloft on the ship's main-royal-yard. His white jacket is mistaken for the ghost of a deceased cooper, leading his watchmates to lower the halyards in fright, causing him to lose his balance. White-Jacket then pleads with the First Lieutenant to allow him to paint the jacket black to avoid future incidents, but is refused. The chapter is divided into two chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AMFY66X4C30FY0SNZ3ZR5) and [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AMFY6KEXMWQ9K08QPECR1).

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CHAPTER XIX. THE JACKET ALOFT.

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CHAPTER XIX. THE JACKET ALOFT.