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- # Return to the pier
## Overview
This entity is a subsection titled "Return to the pier" from the text file "israel_potter.txt". It is part of Chapter XVI of the work.
## Context
This subsection is contained within [Chapter XVI. They Look in at Carrickfergus, and Descend on Whitehaven.](arke:01KG8AJJ2BDJ8N0FXM1C21XVSG), which is itself part of the larger collection [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW). The text was extracted from the file [israel_potter.txt](arke:01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW). This subsection follows "The lonely house" and precedes another section also titled "CHAPTER XVI. THEY LOOK IN AT CARRICKFERGUS, AND DESCEND ON WHITEHAVEN.".
## Contents
The text of this subsection describes two boats pulling towards the main pier of the harbor, where they are positioned close to a wing of the colliers. The excerpt spans from line 4552 to line 4555 of the source text.
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- Both boats now pulled to a favorable point of the principal pier of the
harbor, crowded close up to a part of which lay one wing of the
colliers.
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- Return to the pier