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From the Pages of Two Years Before the Mast
Title Page
Copyright Page
Richard Henry Dana Jr.
The World of Richard Henry Dana Jr. and Two Years Before the Mast
Introduction
A Log of Dana’s Two Years
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
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 ...
CHAPTER XIX - The Sandwich Islanders—Hide-curing—Wood-cutting—Rattlesnakes—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 ...
CHAPTER XXIX - Loading for Home—A Surprise—Last of an Old Friend—The Last ...
CHAPTER XXX - Beginning the Long Return Voyage—A Scare
CHAPTER XXXI - Bad Prospects—First Touch of Cape Horn—Icebergs—Temperance ...
CHAPTER XXXII - Ice Again—A Beautiful Afternoon—Cape Horn—“Land Ho!”—Heading ...
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 ...
CHAPTER XXXVI - Soundings—Sights from Home—Boston Harbor—Leaving the Ship
Concluding Chapter
AFTERWORD - Twenty-four Years After
Afterword
Twenty-four Years After
Endnotes
APPENDIX
Dictionary of Sea Terms
Inspired by Richard Henry Dana Jr. and Two Years Before the Mast
Comments & Questions
For Further Reading
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