White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War

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.
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