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