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Two Years Before the Mast

by Richard Henry Dana

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Chapter I — Departure
  5. 5Chapter II — First Impressions — “Sail Ho!”
  6. 6Chapter III — Ship’s Duties — Tropics
  7. 7Chapter IV — A Rogue — Trouble on Board — “Land Ho!” — Pompero — Ca…
  8. 8Chapter V — Cape Horn — A Visit
  9. 9Chapter VI — Loss of a Man — Superstition
  10. 10Chapter VII — Juan Fernandez — The Pacific
  11. 11Chapter VIII — “Tarring Down” — Daily Life — “Going Aft” — California
  12. 12Chapter IX — California — A South-Easter
  13. 13Chapter X — A South-Easter — Passage Up the Coast
  14. 14Chapter XI — Passage Up the Coast — Monterey
  15. 15Chapter XII — Life at Monterey
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Trading — A British Sailor
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Santa Barbara — Hide-Droghing — Harbor Duties — Disco…
  18. 18Chapter XV — A Flogging — A Night on Shore — The State of Things on…
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Liberty-Day on Shore
  20. 20Chapter XVII — San Diego — A Desertion — San Pedro Again — Beating…
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — Easter Sunday — “Sail Ho!” — Whales — San Juan — Ro…
  22. 22Chapter XIX — The Sandwich Islanders — Hide-Curing — Wood-Cutting —…
  23. 23Chapter XX — Leisure — News From Home — “Burning the Water”
  24. 24Chapter XXI — California and Its Inhabitants
  25. 25Chapter XXII — Life on Shore — The Alert
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — New Ship and Shipmates — My Watchmate
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — San Diego Again — A Descent — Hurried Departure — A…
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Rumors of War — A Spouter — Slipping for a South-East…
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — San Francisco — Monterey
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — The Sunday Wash-Up — On Shore — A Set-to — A Grande…
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — An Old Friend — A Victim — California Rangers — Ne…
  32. 32Chapter XXIX — Loading for Home — A Surprise — Last of an Old Frien…
  33. 33Chapter XXX — Beginning the Long Return Voyage — A Scare
  34. 34Chapter XXXI — Bad Prospects…
  35. 35Chapter XXXII — Ice Again — A Beautiful Afternoon — Cape Horn — “La…
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — Cracking On — Progress Homeward — A Pleasant Sunda…
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV — Narrow Escapes — The Equator — Tropical Squalls — A…
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — A Double-Reef-Top-Sail Breeze — Scurvy — A Friend in…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI — Soundings — Sights From Home — Boston Harbor — Leav…
  40. 40Concluding Chapter
  41. 41Twenty-Four Years After

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