Two Years Before the Mast
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TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
By
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
With an introduction and notes by Homer Eaton Keyes, B.L. Assistant Professor of Art in Dartmouth College
CONTENTS
Introduction Biographical Note California and her Missions Bibliographical References Diagram of Ships Explanation of Diagram Two Years Before the Mast Twenty-Four Years After
INTRODUCTION
Biographical Note
California and her Missions
Bibliographical References
Explanation of Diagram
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
CONTENTS
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 THE 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—THE LAST HIDE—A HARD CASE—UP ANCHOR, FOR HOME!—HOMEWARD BOUND
CHAPTER XXX
BEGINNING THE LONG RETURN VOYAGE—A SCARE
CHAPTER XXXI
BAD PROSPECTS—FIRST TOUCH OF CAPE HORN—ICEBERGS—TEMPERANCE SHIPS—LYING-UP—ICE—DIFFICULTY ON BOARD—CHANGE OF COURSE—STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
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 DOUBLE-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 AFTER
THE LAST ENTRY IN THE LOG-BOOK OF THE ALERT.
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