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- # Israel's mission to the town
## Overview
This subsection, titled "Israel's mission to the town," is a textual component extracted from the file [israel_potter.txt](arke:01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW). It spans lines 4516-4528 of the source text and was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context
This subsection is part of [CHAPTER XVI. THEY LOOK IN AT CARRICKFERGUS, AND DESCEND ON WHITEHAVEN.](arke:01KG8AJJ2BDJ8N0FXM1C21XVSG) within a larger work, likely a novel by Herman Melville, as indicated by its inclusion in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows the subsection [Return to the first fort](arke:01KG8AK7N4DAYZSFPSAHRMVWVY), where Paul and Israel's lanterns have failed, and Paul desperately orders Israel to get a light. It is succeeded by the subsection [The lonely house](arke:01KG8AK7N1C9K9PT4YT66NB1M5), which details Israel's attempt to procure a spark from a house in Whitehaven.
## Contents
The text describes Israel's departure towards the town of Whitehaven to obtain a spark. His companions question his actions, but Paul dismisses their concerns. The narrative emphasizes Israel's experience and daring as he ventures into Whitehaven with the intention of acquiring a spark to ignite the town's habitations. This passage sets the stage for Israel's dangerous mission to find a light source.
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- “That will do,” and Israel hurried away towards the town.
“What will the loon do with the pipe?” said one. “And where goes he?”
cried another.
“Let him alone,” said Paul.
The invader now disposed his whole force so as to retreat at an
instant’s warning. Meantime the hardy Israel, long experienced in all
sorts of shifts and emergencies, boldly ventured to procure, from some
inhabitant of Whitehaven, a spark to kindle all Whitehaven’s
habitations in flames.
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- Israel's mission to the town