Two Years Before the Mast

by Richard Henry Dana

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Preface
  3. Departure
  4. First Impressions—"Sail Ho!"
  5. Ship's Duties—Tropics
  6. A Rogue—Trouble on Board—"Land Ho!"—Pompero—Cape Horn
  7. Cape Horn—A Visit
  8. Loss of a Man—Superstition
  9. Juan Fernandez—The Pacific
  10. "Tarring Down"—Daily Life—"Going Aft"—California
  11. California—A South-Easter
  12. A South-Easter—Passage Up the Coast
  13. Passage Up the Coast—Monterey
  14. Life at Monterey
  15. Trading—A British Sailor
  16. Santa Barbara—Hide-Droghing—Harbor Duties—Discontent—San Pedro
  17. A Flogging—A Night on Shore—The State of Things on Board—San Diego
  18. Liberty-Day on Shore
  19. San Diego—A Desertion—San Pedro Again—Beating the Coast
  20. Easter Sunday—"Sail Ho!"—Whales—San Juan—Romance of Hide-Droghing—San Diego Again
  21. The Sandwich Islanders—Hide-Curing—Wood-Cutting—Rattle- Snakes—New-Comers
  22. Leisure—News from Home—"Burning the Water"
  23. California and Its Inhabitants
  24. Life on Shore—The Alert
  25. New Ship and Shipmates—My Watchmate
  26. San Diego Again—A Descent—Hurried Departure—A New Shipmate
  27. Rumors of War—A Spouter—Slipping for a South-Easter—A Gale
  28. San Francisco—Monterey
  29. The Sunday Wash-Up—On Shore—A Set-to—A Grandee—"Sail Ho!"—A Fandango
  30. An Old Friend—A Victim—California Rangers—News from Home—Last Looks
  31. Loading for Home—A Surprise—Last of an Old Friend—The Last Hide—A Hard Case—Up Anchor, for Home!—Homeward Bound
  32. Beginning the Long Return Voyage—A Scare
  33. Bad Prospects—First Touch of Cape Horn—Icebergs—Temperance Ships—Lying-Up—Ice—Difficulty on Board—Change of Course—Straits of Magellan
  34. Ice Again—A Beautiful Afternoon—Cape Horn—"Land Ho!"—Heading for Home
  35. Cracking on—Progress Homeward—A Pleasant Sunday—A Fine Sight—By-Play
  36. Narrow Escapes—The Equator—Tropical Squalls—A Thunder Storm
  37. A Double-Reef-Top-Sail Breeze—Scurvy—A Friend in Need—Preparing for Port—The Gulf Stream
  38. Soundings—Sights from Home—Boston Harbor—Leaving the Ship
  39. Concluding Chapter
  40. Twenty-Four Years After
  41. The Last Entry in the Log-Book of the Alert

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