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- # CHAPTER XXXVI. THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel [Redburn: His First Voyage](arke:01KG8AJ9CVDS15WWAP46A9M4XP) by Herman Melville, focusing on the narrator's observations of the Old Church of St. Nicholas in Liverpool and the adjacent dead-house. The chapter appears between lines 6966 and 7059 of the source file, [redburn.txt](arke:01KG89J1GP71YDJ60P8SRH97MF).
## Context
The chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows [CHAPTER XXXV. GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL](arke:01KG8AJRKN5YQS3X41WTP2R4PQ) and precedes [CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT’S-HEY](arke:01KG8AJRKNBP7BQ7AC8F90RW5Q) within the novel's structure. The text was extracted from the source file by the `structure-extraction-lambda` process.
## Contents
The chapter describes the narrator's impressions of the Old Church of St. Nicholas, a landmark near the Liverpool docks. It details the church's history, including its use as a military prison and stable during Cromwell's wars. The chapter also describes the churchyard, noting the heavy foot traffic and the practice of laborers using tombstones as tables. The narrator also describes the dead-house in the basement of the church, where bodies of the drowned are kept. The chapter is divided into two chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AKT5VBS5EYGCEQJFZQMS9) and [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AKT62JNKEWQ6KSF5WS2Z2).
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