Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
Departure
CHAPTER I Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER II
First Impressions – “Sail Ho!”
CHAPTER II Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER III
Ship’s Duties – Tropics
CHAPTER III Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER IV
A Rogue – Trouble on Board – “Land Ho!” – Pompero – Cape Horn
CHAPTER IV Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER V
Cape Horn – A Visit
CHAPTER V Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER VI
Loss of a Man – Superstition
CHAPTER VI Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER VII
Juan Fernandez – The Pacific
CHAPTER VII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER VIII
“Tarring Down” – Daily Life -“Going Aft” – California
CHAPTER VIII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER IX
California – A South-easter
CHAPTER IX Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER X
A South-easter – Passage up the Coast
CHAPTER X Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XI
Passage up the Coast – Monterey
CHAPTER XI Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XII
Life at Monterey
CHAPTER XII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XIII
Trading – A British Sailor
CHAPTER XIII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XIV
Santa Barbara – Hide-Droghing – Harbor Duties – Discontent – San Pedro
CHAPTER XIV Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XV
A Flogging – A Night on Shore – The State of Things on Board – San Diego
CHAPTER XV Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XVI
Liberty-day on Shore
CHAPTER XVI Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XVII
San Diego – A Desertion – San Pedro Again – Beating up Coast
CHAPTER XVII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XVIII
Easter Sunday – “Sail Ho!” – Whales – San Juan – Romance of Hide-Droghing –
San Diego Again
CHAPTER XVIII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XIX
The Sandwich Islanders – Hide-curing – Wood-cutting – Rattlesnakes – New-comers
CHAPTER XIX Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XX
Leisure – News from Home – “Burning the Water”
CHAPTER XX Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXI
California and Its Inhabitants
CHAPTER XXI Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXII
Life on Shore – The Alert
CHAPTER XXII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXIII
New Ship and Shipmates – My Watchmate
CHAPTER XXIII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXIV
San Diego Again – A Descent – Hurried Departure – A New Shipmate
CHAPTER XXIV Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXV
Rumors of War – A Spouter – Slipping for a South-easter – A Gale
CHAPTER XXV Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXVI
San Francisco – Monterey
CHAPTER XXVI Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXVII
The Sunday Wash-up – On Shore – A Set-to – A Grandee – “Sail Ho!” – A Fandango
CHAPTER XXVII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXVIII
An Old Friend – A Victim – California Rangers – News from Home – Last Looks
CHAPTER XXVIII Tour in Google Earth
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 XXIX Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXX
Beginning the Long Return Voyage – A Scare
CHAPTER XXX Tour in Google Earth
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 XXXI Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXXII
Ice Again – A Beautiful Afternoon – Cape Horn – “Land-Ho!” – Heading for Home
CHAPTER XXXII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXXIII
Cracking on – Progress Homeward – A Pleasant Sunday – A Fine Sight – By-Play
CHAPTER XXXIII Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXXIV
Narrow Escapes – The Equator – Tropical Squalls – A Thunder Storm
CHAPTER XXXIV Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXXV
A Double reef-top-sail Breeze – Scurvy – A Friend in Need – Preparing for Port –
The Gulf Stream
CHAPTER XXXV Tour in Google Earth
CHAPTER XXXVI
Soundings – Sights from Home – Boston Harbor – Leaving the Ship
Sail the Book 