CHAPTER XX. Noises And Portents

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# CHAPTER XX. Noises And Portents ## Overview This is a chapter titled "CHAPTER XX. Noises And Portents" from the novel [Mardi: And a Voyage Thither](arke:01KG8AJA6157W2830190N652KA) by Herman Melville. The chapter was extracted from the source text file [mardi_vol1.txt](arke:01KG89J1HYC04JWXEK48P07WPK) as part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is preceded by [CHAPTER XIX. Who Goes There?](arke:01KG8AJQXPX7QNG2ZFGY6JY89K) and followed by [CHAPTER XXI. Man Ho!](arke:01KG8AJQXJEFH0GHXTPBBP9R7S). ## Context The chapter is part of a larger effort to extract and structure the complete works of Herman Melville. The text was extracted from the file [mardi_vol1.txt](arke:01KG89J1HYC04JWXEK48P07WPK) by a structure extraction process. ## Contents The chapter describes the narrator's longing for daylight while aboard a brigantine, and his interactions with Jarl, who believes the ship is haunted. The narrator searches for a line-and-sinker to sound the well, while Jarl reports a supernatural sneeze. They rig a substitute and find nothing alarming. They change the vessel's position to avoid reefs. Jarl continues to express his superstitious fears about the brigantine, comparing it to a phantom ship. The chapter also describes the narrator and Jarl eating biscuits from a bread-barge, with Jarl remaining fearful of the noises and shadows around them.

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CHAPTER XX. Noises And Portents