Huckaback

In The Pacha of Many Tales (editions: Saunders and Otley, 1835; Bentley, 1849 --both viewed at HathiTrust), the first story told by Huckaback the sailor constitutes much of volume I, chapter 5. The chapter begins with a portion of the frame story that introduces the "French renegade" Huckaback to the reader and to the Pacha's presence and may fairly be considered a Prologue to the seven voyages; in other words, that portion of the frame story of the book which frames the seven stories told by Huckaback.

This first story told by Huckaback spans his early training and career as a barber as well as his first voyage, so-called at its conclusion: "Such, your highness is the history of my First Voyage, and the incidents which resulted from it." It begins under mid-page heading "Huckaback" (Bentley, top of p. 92) and continues under running title "Huckaback", which is common to all seven voyages.