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Under the Mizzen Mast

by Nehemiah Adams

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  1. 1Preface to the First Edition
  2. 2Preface to the Second Edition
  3. 3Under the Mizzen Mast
  4. 4The Mizzen Mast. A Dream
  5. 5Thanksgiving
  6. 6Saturday Dinner
  7. 7Sailor’s Fare
  8. 8Apples at Sea
  9. 9Caprices of the Sea
  10. 10Religious Admonition From the Stewardess
  11. 11Decision in a Captain
  12. 12The Night Watch
  13. 13Flying Fish
  14. 14Losing One’s Shadow
  15. 15The Clouds of Magellan
  16. 16Salt Water Baths
  17. 17Sea Birds
  18. 18Some of the Crew Always at Work
  19. 19South America in Sight
  20. 20Social Life at Sea
  21. 21Nights at Sea
  22. 22Watching the Waves
  23. 23All Night Awake
  24. 24Evening Service
  25. 25Cape Horn Latitudes
  26. 26Resuming the Ministry, at Sea
  27. 27II — Cape Horn
  28. 28Throwing Manuscripts Overboard
  29. 29Burning Tar Barrels
  30. 30Ten Thousand Miles From Home
  31. 31A Sailor at His Meal
  32. 32Brilliant Night
  33. 33The South East Trade Winds
  34. 34Religious Interest
  35. 35Scripture Promises
  36. 36Sunrise on Deck
  37. 37Low Tones of Nature
  38. 38The Ship’s Guns
  39. 39The Ship Put in Perfect Order
  40. 40Crossing the Line Again
  41. 41Bonitos
  42. 42Whale Feed
  43. 43A Marine Artist on Board
  44. 44The End of the North East Trades
  45. 45Bosons
  46. 46The Captain’s Closing Address
  47. 47III — California. The Sandwich Islands. Hong Kong
  48. 48Shopping
  49. 49Regatta in Hong Kong Harbor
  50. 50Comfortable Bedding
  51. 51A Sunken Vessel
  52. 52Low Estimate of Life Among Chinese
  53. 53Rev. James Legge, D. D. L.L. D.
  54. 54Pacific Mail Steamer
  55. 55IV — Canton, Shanghai, Singapore, Macao
  56. 56Amoy
  57. 57Fung Shuy
  58. 58Pidgin English
  59. 59A Peacock Ordered for Dinner
  60. 60Directions to a Servant in Pidgin English
  61. 61A Typhoon
  62. 62Singapore
  63. 63Curry
  64. 64V — Manila — Homeward Bound
  65. 65Passing Anjer
  66. 66Cape of Good Hope
  67. 67Table Mountain
  68. 68St. Helena
  69. 69Island of Ascension
  70. 70The North Star Re-Appears
  71. 71Discomforts at Sea
  72. 72Tarring Down
  73. 73Our Three Crews
  74. 74Old Portrait of the Sailor
  75. 75The Knight Head
  76. 76A Sailor Put in Irons
  77. 77Some Appearance of Mutiny Quelled
  78. 78On Having a Fin in the Crew
  79. 79On Praising a Crew
  80. 80The Power of Kindness
  81. 81The Boy Ben at the Wheel
  82. 82Accident and Preservation
  83. 83Bird on Mizzen Top Gallant Mast
  84. 84The Boat’s Crew
  85. 85“Hold the Reel”
  86. 86Gales Off the Cape of Good Hope
  87. 87Were We Never Afraid at Sea?
  88. 88The Rudder
  89. 89Retrospect of Religious Services at Sea
  90. 90Dropping Anchor for the Last Time
  91. 91In Dock
  92. 92First Impressions on Reaching Land
  93. 93Subsequent Experience of Our Ship
  94. 94Nelson, Our Steersman, Drowned
  95. 95Luxury of Seeing a Snow-Storm

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