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- # The Ship's Yeoman
## Overview
This is a section titled "The Ship's Yeoman" extracted from the text file [white_jacket.txt](arke:01KG89J19NC56FFGBCM2SWEZZY). It is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The section provides a brief description of the ship's yeoman's role on a man-of-war.
## Context
This section is part of [CHAPTER VI. THE QUARTER-DECK OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, AND BERTH-DECK UNDERLINGS OF A MAN-OF-WAR; WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE SHIP; HOW THEY LIVE; THEIR SOCIAL STANDING ON SHIP-BOARD; AND WHAT SORT OF GENTLEMEN THEY ARE.](arke:01KG8AJPBQJ0Q2SB2WPXFS2KHD) within the novel *White-Jacket*. It follows the section on [Berth-deck Underlings](arke:01KG8AKTGRSPZ5XMJYHSVH73T7) and precedes the section on [Petty Officers](arke:01KG8AKV4VRXDJV03PWX6T10V9).
## Contents
The section describes the ship's yeoman as a "gentleman" who has a "counting-room in a tar-cellar down in the fore-hold." The text indicates that more details about the ship's yeoman will be provided later in the novel.
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- The ship’s yeoman is a gentleman who has a sort of counting-room in a
tar-cellar down in the fore-hold. More will be said of him anon.
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- The Ship's Yeoman