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White-Jacket
OR
THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR
by Herman Melville
AUTHOR OF “TYPEE,” “OMOO,” AND “MOBY-DICK”
NEW YORK
UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY
5 AND 7 EAST SIXTEENTH STREET
* * * * *
CHICAGO: 266 & 268 WABASH AVE.
Copyright, 1892
BY ELIZABETH S. MELVILLE
“Conceive him now in a man-of-war;
with his letters of mart, well armed,
victualed, and appointed,
and see how he acquits himself.”
—FULLER’S “Good Sea-Captain.”
NOTE. In the year 1843 I shipped as “ordinary seaman” on board of a
United States frigate then lying in a harbor of the Pacific Ocean.
After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged
from the service upon the vessel’s arrival home. My man-of-war
experiences and observations have been incorporated in the present
volume.
New York, March, 1850.
Contents
CHAPTER
I. THE JACKET.
II. HOMEWARD BOUND.
III. A GLANCE AT THE PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS, INTO WHICH A
MAN-OF-WAR’S CREW IS DIVIDED.
IV. JACK CHASE.
V. JACK CHASE ON A SPANISH QUARTER-DECK.
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.
VII. BREAKFAST, DINNER, AND SUPPER.
VIII. SELVAGEE CONTRASTED WITH MAD-JACK.
IX. OF THE POCKETS THAT WERE IN THE JACKET.
X. FROM POCKETS TO PICKPOCKETS.
XI. THE PURSUIT OF POETRY UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
XII. THE GOOD OR BAD TEMPER OF MEN-OF-WAR’S MEN, IN A GREAT
DEGREE, ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR PARTICULAR STATIONS AND DUTIES
ABOARD SHIP.
XIII. A MAN-OF-WAR HERMIT IN A MOB.
XIV. A DRAUGHT IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XV. A SALT-JUNK CLUB IN A MAN-OF-WAR, WITH A NOTICE TO QUIT.
XVI. GENERAL TRAINING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XVII. AWAY! SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CUTTERS, AWAY!
XVIII. A MAN-OF-WAR FULL AS A NUT.
XIX. THE JACKET ALOFT.
XX. HOW THEY SLEEP IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXI. ONE REASON WHY MEN-OF-WAR’S MEN ARE, GENERALLY, SHORT-LIVED.
XXII. WASH-DAY AND HOUSE-CLEANING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXIII. THEATRICALS IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXIV. INTRODUCTORY TO CAPE HORN.
XXV. THE DOG-DAYS OFF CAPE HORN.
XXVI. THE PITCH OF THE CAPE.
XXVII. SOME THOUGHTS GROWING OUT OF MAD JACK’S COUNTERMANDING HIS
SUPERIOR’S ORDER.
XXVIII. EDGING AWAY.
XXIX. THE NIGHT-WATCHES.
XXX. A PEEP THROUGH A PORT-HOLE AT THE SUBTERRANEAN PARTS OF A
MAN-OF-WAR.
XXXI. THE GUNNER UNDER HATCHES.
XXXII. A DISH OF DUNDERFUNK.
XXXIII. A FLOGGING.
XXXIV. SOME OF THE EVIL EFFECTS OF FLOGGING.
XXXV. FLOGGING NOT LAWFUL.
XXXVI. FLOGGING NOT NECESSARY.
XXXVII. SOME SUPERIOR OLD “LONDON DOCK” FROM THE WINE-COOLERS OF
NEPTUNE.
XXXVIII. THE CHAPLAIN AND CHAPEL IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXXIX. THE FRIGATE IN HARBOUR.—THE BOATS.—GRAND STATE RECEPTION OF
THE COMMODORE.
XL. SOME OF THE CEREMONIES IN A MAN-OF-WAR UNNECESSARY AND
INJURIOUS.
XLI. A MAN-OF-WAR LIBRARY.
XLII. KILLING TIME IN A MAN-OF-WAR IN HARBOUR.
XLIII. SMUGGLING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLIV. A KNAVE IN OFFICE IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLV. PUBLISHING POETRY IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLVI. THE COMMODORE ON THE POOP, AND ONE OF “THE PEOPLE” UNDER THE
HANDS OF THE SURGEON.
XLVII. AN AUCTION IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLVIII. PURSER, PURSER’S STEWARD, AND POSTMASTER IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLIX. RUMOURS OF A WAR, AND HOW THEY WERE RECEIVED BY THE
POPULATION OF THE NEVERSINK.
L. THE BAY OF ALL BEAUTIES.
LI. ONE OF “THE PEOPLE” HAS AN AUDIENCE WITH THE COMMODORE AND
THE CAPTAIN ON THE QUARTER-DECK.
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