CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. -- DEPARTURE. -- FIRST IMPRESSIONS. -- SHIP'S DUTIES. -- CHAPTER II. -- FIRST IMPRESSIONS. -- SHIP'S DUTIES. -- CHAPTER III. -- SHIP'S DUTIES. -- CHAPTER IV. -- SUNDAYS AT SEA. -- TROUBLE ON BOARD. -- LAND HO! -- A PAMPERO -- CAPE HORN. -- CHAPTER V. -- CAPE HORN. -- A VISIT. -- CHAPTER VI. -- LOSS OF A MAN. -- CHAPTER VII. -- SUPERSTITIONS. -- JUAN FERNANDEZ. -- PUTTING THE VESSEL IN ORDER. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- PAINTING. -- DAILY LIFE. -- POINT CONCEPTION. -- CHAPTER IX. -- SANTA BARBARA. -- BEACH-COMBING. -- A SOUTHEASTER. -- CHAPTER X. -- A SOUTHEASTER. -- PASSAGE UP THE COAST. -- CHAPTER XI. -- PASSAGE UP THE COAST. -- MONTEREY. -- CHAPTER XII. -- MONTEREY. -- CHAPTER XIII. -- MONTEREY. -- A BRITISH SAILOR. -- SANTA BARBARA. -- CHAPTER XIV. -- HIDE DROGHING. -- DISCONTENT. -- SAN PEDRO. -- FLOGGING. -- CHAPTER XV. -- FLOGGING. -- NIGHT ON SHORE. -- STATE OF THINGS ON BOARD. -- SAN DIEGO. -- CHAPTER XVI. -- LIBERTY-DAY ON SHORE. -- CHAPTER XVII. -- SAN DIEGO. -- A DESERTION. -- SAN PEDRO AGAIN. -- EASTER SUNDAY. -- CHAPTER XVIII. -- EASTER SUNDAY. -- ITALIAN SAILORS. -- SAN JUAN. -- SAN DIEGO AGAIN. -- LIFE ON SHORE. -- CHAPTER XIX. -- SANDWICH-ISLANDERS. -- HIDE-CURING. -- WOOD-CUTTING. -- COYOTES. -- RATTLESNAKES. -- CHAPTER XX . -- NEW COMERS. -- PEOPLE AT THE HIDE-HOUSES. -- LEISURE. -- PILGRIM.-NEWS FROM HOME. -- PILGRIM.-OCCUPATIONS ON THE BEACH. -- CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS. -- CHAPTER XXI. -- CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS. -- CHAPTER XXII. -- LIFE ON THE BEACH. -- THE ALERT. -- CHAPTER XXIII . -- NEW SHIP AND SHIPMATES. -- A RACE. -- MY WATCHMATE, TOM HARRIS. -- SAN DIEGO AGAIN. -- CHAPTER XXIV. -- A DESCENT. -- HURRIED DEPARTURE. -- A NEW SHIPMATE. -- CHAPTER XXV. -- RUMORS OF WAR. -- A SPOUTER. -- SUDDEN SLIPPING FOR A SOUTHEASTER. -- TO WINDWARD. -- A DRY GALE. -- CHAPTER XXVI. -- SAN FRANCISCO.

MONTEREY REVISITED. -- CHAPTER XXVII. -- MONTEREY REVISITED. -- A SET-TO. -- A DECAYED GENTLEMAN. -- A CONTRABANDISTA. -- A FANDANGO. -- CHAPTER XXVIII. -- A VICTIM. -- CALIFORNIA RANGERS.-BEACH-COMBERS. -- NEWS FROM HOME. -- LAST LOOKS. -- CHAPTER XXIX. -- LOADING FOR HOME. -- A SURPRISE. -- LAST OF AN OLD FRIEND. -- THE LAST HIDE. -- A HARD CASE. -- UP ANCHOR, FOR HOME! -- THE ALERT AND CALIFORNIA. -- HOMEWARD BOUND. -- CHAPTER XXX. -- HOMEWARD BOUND. -- OUR PASSENGER, PROFESSOR NUTTALL. -- HOMEWARD BOUND. -- 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 XXXII. -- ICE AGAIN. -- DISAPPOINTMENT. -- CAPE HORN. -- LAND HO! -- CHAPTER XXXIII. -- CRACKING ON. -- PROGRESS HOMEWARD. -- A FINE SIGHT. -- FITTING SHIP. -- BY-PLAY. -- CHAPTER XXXIV. -- AN ESCAPE. -- EQUATOR. -- TROPICAL SQUALLS. -- TROPICAL THUNDER-STORM. -- CHAPTER XXXV. -- A REEF-TOPSAIL BREEZE. -- SCURVY. -- A FRIEND IN NEED. -- PREPARING FOR PORT. -- GULF STREAM. -- CHAPTER XXXVI. -- SOUNDINGS. -- SIGHTS ABOUT HOME. -- BOSTON HARBOR. -- LEAVING THE SHIP. -- TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER.