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Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative

  
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PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
  
ORIGINAL PREFACE.

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER II FIRST IMPRESSIONS
  
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CHAPTER III SHIP'S DUTIES
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CHAPTER IV SUNDAYS AT SEA
  
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CHAPTER V CAPE HORN
  
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CHAPTER VI LOSS OF A MAN
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CHAPTER VII JUAN FERNANDEZ
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CHAPTER VIII DAILY LIFE
  
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CHAPTER IX SANTA BARBARA
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CHAPTER X A SOUTHEASTER
  
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CHAPTER XI PASSAGE UP THE COAST
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CHAPTER XII MONTEREY
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CHAPTER XIII TRADING AT MONTEREY
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CHAPTER XIV DISCONTENT
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CHAPTER XV FLOGGING
  
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CHAPTER XVI LIBERTY-DAY ON SHORE
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CHAPTER XVII SAN DIEGO
  
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CHAPTER XVIII EASTER SUNDAY
  
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CHAPTER XIX SANDWICH ISLANDERS
  
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CHAPTER XX NEW-COMERS
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CHAPTER XXI CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS
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CHAPTER XXII THE ALERT
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CHAPTER XXIII NEW SHIP AND SHIPMATES
  
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CHAPTER XXIV SAN DIEGO AGAIN
  
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CHAPTER XXV RUMORS OF WAR
  
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CHAPTER XXVI SAN FRANCISCO
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CHAPTER XXVII A FANDANGO
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CHAPTER XXVIII NEWS FROM HOME
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CHAPTER XXIX LOADING FOR HOME
  
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CHAPTER XXX HOMEWARD BOUND
  
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CHAPTER XXXI BAD PROSPECTS
  
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CHAPTER XXXII DOUBLING CAPE HORN
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CHAPTER XXXIII NORTHWARD HO!
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CHAPTER XXXIV NEARING HOME
  
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CHAPTER XXXV MORE STIRRING INCIDENTS
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CHAPTER XXXVI HURRAH FOR YANKEE LAND!
  
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TWENTY FOUR YEARS LATER
  
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Two Years Before the Mast

and Twenty-Four Years After

A Personal Narrative

BY

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

English Copyright Edition, With Notes By The Author "Housed on the wild sea, with wild usages."
London
Sampson Low, Son & Marston, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street. 1869. The right of translation reserved.
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