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Redburn, His First Voyage: Being the Sailor-Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman, In the Merchant Service (Classic Reprint)
Redburn His First Voyage Being the Sailor-Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman In the Merchant Service - Classic Reprint Author:Herman Melville RED BUR -N. CHAPTER I. now WELLINGBO"ROUGII REDBUllN'S '.CASTE ~OR TllE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HD1. "iV'ELLINGROROUGH, as you are going' to sea, suppose you take this ,shooting.jacket of ~ino along; it's just the thing -take it, it will save the eXFense of another.' You see, it's quito warm; fine long skirts, stout horn buttons, and plen ty of... more » pookets." Out ()f tbe goodnc~s anI! SW1PllClty 01 111s hea:rt, thus spoke my elder brother to me, 'upon the eve of my departUre for the seaport. . "And, W ellingborough," he added, "since we are both short of money, and you want an outfit, and I. have none to give, you may as well take zpy fowling-piece along, and sell it in New York for what YOll call get.-Nay; take it; it's of no usc to me 'llbw; I can't find it in powder. any more." I was then but a boy: Some time previous my mother had removed from New York to a pleasant village ou the Ifudson River, where wc lived in a small house,. in a quiet way. S
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G 0 N rr E N T S; CHAPTER I; HOW vELLI~G:BOROUOII REDBURN'S TASTEI:'OIl THE SEA WAS; BORN AND BRED IN IlIl1: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 13; CHAPTER II; REDBURN'S DEl'AltTUItE FROM 110MB ???????? ? ??? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 22; CHAPTER III; HE ARRIVES IN TOWN ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? 27; CHAPTER IV; BOW lIE DISI'OSED OF HIS i'OWLlNG-PIECE ?????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 32; CHAPTER V; lIE rUllCIIASBS HIS SEA-WARDROBE) AND O~ A DISYIAL BAI~Y DAY; PICKS UP }fIS IWARD ASD LODGING ALO~G THE WHARVES ? ? 37; CHAPTER VI; JlE IS INITIATBD IN TIlE BUSI~ESS OF CLEA~ING OUT THE PIGPEN,; AND SLUSHI~G DOWN T:HE TOP-MAS'[' ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 42; CH APTER VII; liE GETS; CONTENTS; CHAPTEtt VIII; HE IS PU~ INTO 'l'llE LARliOARD WATCH i GETS SEA-SIClt; AND; aBLATES SO:l1E OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES ???? ? ? ??? ?? ? ??? 55; CHAPTER IX; THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOClAL, REDDuar:« less