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- # The Salt-Droghers
## Overview
"The Salt-Droghers" is a section within Chapter XXXIII of a larger work, extracted from the file `redburn.txt`. This section, spanning lines 6506 to 6603, focuses on the description and social context of small vessels known as salt-droghers.
## Context
This section is part of the collection "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)". It is located within Chapter XXXIII, titled "[THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS](arke:01KG8AJRKNFPGM1AKGB393MHFG)", and is preceded by other content within the same chapter and followed by the section "[German Emigrant Ships](arke:01KG8AKJ8ARXPVRZASVB7RD6CB)". The text was extracted from the file "[redburn.txt](arke:01KG89J1GP71YDJ60P8SRH97MF)".
## Contents
This section details the appearance and function of salt-droghers, small, sloop-rigged vessels with black bows and red sails, often compared to red ants alongside larger ships. The text describes their role in transporting cargo to larger vessels bound for America and highlights the perceived self-importance of their skippers. It also provides an anecdote about the narrator's experience sharing supper with a solitary salt-drogher skipper in his small, cozy cabin, emphasizing the simple, communal aspects of life aboard these vessels. The narrative touches upon themes of self-sufficiency and the pleasures of simple living. The section is further broken down into three chunks: "[Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AKS89VZV1RP9FR3QFF00N)", "[Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AKS89PWQX44S1ZAH1T2M8)", and "[Chunk 3](arke:01KG8AKS89V5K6FN6FQF7SA8D7)".
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