TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST BY RICHARD HENRY DANA,JR.

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TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST BY RICHARD HENRY DANA,JR.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

PREFACE

CHAPTER I  DEPARTURE

CHAPTER II  FIRST IMPRESSIONS—“SAIL HO!”

CHAPTER III  SHIP'S DUTIES—TROPICS

CHAPTER IV  A ROGUE—TROUBLE ON BOARD—“LAND HO!”—POMPERO—CAPE HORN

CHAPTER V  CAPE HORN—A VISIT

CHAPTER VI  LOSS OF A MAN—SUPERSTITION

CHAPTER VII  JUAN FERNANDEZ—THE PACIFIC

CHAPTER VIII  “TARRING DOWN”—DAILY LIFE—“GOING AFT”—CALIFORNIA

CHAPTER IX  CALIFORNIA—A SOUTH-EASTER

CHAPTER X  A SOUTH-EASTER—PASSAGE UP THE COAST

CHAPTER XI  PASSAGE UP THE COAST—MONTEREY

CHAPTER XII  LIFE AT MONTEREY

CHAPTER XIII  TRADING—A BRITISH SAILOR

CHAPTER XIV  SANTA BARBARA—HIDE-DROGHING—HARBOR DUTIES—DISCONTENT—SAN PEDRO

CHAPTER XV  A FLOGGING—A NIGHT ON SHORE—THE STATE OF THINGS ON BOARD—SAN DIEGO

CHAPTER XVI  LIBERTY-DAY ON SHORE

CHAPTER XVII  SAN DIEGO—A DESERTION—SAN PEDRO AGAIN—BEATING UP COAST

CHAPTER XVIII  EASTER SUNDAY—“SAIL HO!”—WHALES—SAN JUAN—ROMANCE OF HIDE-DROGHING—SAN DIEGO AGAIN

CHAPTER XIX  THE SANDWICH ISLANDERS—HIDE-CURING—WOOD-CUTTING—RATTLE-SNAKES—NEW-COMERS

CHAPTER XX  LEISURE—NEWS FROM HOME—“BURNING THE WATER”

CHAPTER XXI  CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS

CHAPTER XXII  LIFE ON SHORE—THE ALERT

CHAPTER XXIII  NEW SHIP AND SHIPMATES—MY WATCHMATE

CHAPTER XXIV  SAN DIEGO AGAIN—A DESCENT—HURRIED DEPARTURE—A NEW SHIPMATE

CHAPTER XXV  RUMORS OF WAR—A SPOUTER—SLIPPING FOR A SOUTH-EASTER—A GALE

CHAPTER XXVI  SAN FRANCISCO—MONTEREY

CHAPTER XXVII  THE SUNDAY WASH-UP—ON SHORE—A SET-TO—A GRANDEE—“SAIL HO!”—A FANDANGO

CHAPTER XXVIII  AN OLD FRIEND—A VICTIM—CALIFORNIA RANGERS—NEWS FROM HOME—LAST LOOKS

CHAPTER XXIX  LOADING FOR HOME—A SURPRISE—LAST OF AN OLD FRIEND

CHAPTER XXX  BEGINNING THE LONG RETURN VOYAGE—A SCARE

CHAPTER XXXI  BAD PROSPECTS—FIRST TOUCH OF CAPE HORN—ICEBERGS—

CHAPTER XXXII  ICE AGAIN—A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON—CAPE HORN—“LAND HO!”—HEADING FOR HOME

CHAPTER XXXIII  CRACKING ON—PROGRESS HOMEWARD—A PLEASANT SUNDAY—A FINE SIGHT—BY-PLAY

CHAPTER XXXIV  NARROW ESCAPES—THE EQUATOR—TROPICAL SQUALLS—A THUNDER STORM

CHAPTER XXXV  A DDOUBLE REEF-TOP-SAIL BREEZE—SCURVY—A FRIEND IN NEED—PREPARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM

CHAPTER XXXVI  SOUNDINGS—SIGHTS FROM HOME—BOSTON HARBOR—LEAVING THE SHIP

CONCLUDING CHAPTER

TWENTY FOUR YEARS LATER

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