I DEPARTURE II FIRST IMPRESSIONS--"SAIL HO!" III SHIP'S DUTIES--TROPICS IV A ROGUE--TROUBLE ON BOARD--"LAND HO!"--POMPERO--CAPE HORN V CAPE HORN--A VISIT VI LOSS OF A MAN--SUPERSTITION VII JUAN FERNANDEZ--THE PACIFIC VIII "TARRING DOWN"--DAILY LIFE--"GOING AFT"--CALIFORNIA IX CALIFORNIA--A SOUTH-EASTER X A SOUTH-EASTER--PASSAGE UP THE COAST XI PASSAGE UP THE COAST--MONTEREY XII LIFE AT MONTEREY XIII TRADING--A BRITISH SAILOR XIV SANTA BARBARA--HIDE-DROGHING--HARBOR DUTIES--DISCONTENT--SAN PEDRO XV A FLOGGING--A NIGHT ON SHORE--THE STATE OF THINGS ON BOARD--SAN DIEGO XVI LIBERTY-DAY ON SHORE XVII SAN DIEGO--A DESERTION--SAN PEDRO AGAIN--BEATING THE COAST XVIII EASTER SUNDAY--"SAIL HO!"--WHALES--SAN JUAN--ROMANCE OF HIDE-DROGHING--SAN DIEGO AGAIN XIX THE SANDWICH ISLANDERS--HIDE-CURING--WOOD-CUTTING--RATTLE- SNAKES--NEW-COMERS XX LEISURE--NEWS FROM HOME--"BURNING THE WATER" XXI CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS XXII LIFE ON SHORE--THE ALERT XXIII NEW SHIP AND SHIPMATES--MY WATCHMATE XXIV SAN DIEGO AGAIN--A DESCENT--HURRIED DEPARTURE--A NEW SHIPMATE XXV RUMORS OF WAR--A SPOUTER--SLIPPING FOR A SOUTH-EASTER--A GALE XXVI SAN FRANCISCO--MONTEREY XXVII THE SUNDAY WASH-UP--ON SHORE--A SET-TO--A GRANDEE--"SAIL HO!"--A FANDANGO XXVIII AN OLD FRIEND--A VICTIM--CALIFORNIA RANGERS--NEWS FROM XXIX LOADING FOR HOME--A SURPRISE--LAST OF AN OLD FRIEND--THE LAST HIDE--A HARD CASE--UP ANCHOR, FOR HOME!--HOMEWARD BOUND XXX BEGINNING THE LONG RETURN VOYAGE--A SCARE XXXI BAD PROSPECTS--FIRST TOUCH OF CAPE HORN--ICEBERGS--TEMPERANCE SHIPS--LYING-UP--ICE--DIFFICULTY ON BOARD--CHANGE OF COURSE--STRAITS OF MAGELLAN XXXII ICE AGAIN--A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON--CAPE HORN--"LAND HO!"--HEADING FOR HOME XXXIII CRACKING ON--PROGRESS HOMEWARD--A PLEASANT SUNDAY--A FINE SIGHT--BY-PLAY XXXIV NARROW ESCAPES--THE EQUATOR--TROPICAL SQUALLS--A THUNDER STORM XXXV A DOUBLE-REEF-TOP-SAIL BREEZE--SCURVY--A FRIEND IN NEED--PREPARING FOR PORT--THE GULF STREAM XXXVI SOUNDINGS--SIGHTS FROM HOME--BOSTON HARBOR--LEAVING THE SHIP CONCLUDING CHAPTER PREFACE I am unwilling to present this narrative to the public without a few words in explanation of my reasons for publishing it. Since Mr. Cooper's Pilot and Red Rover, there have been so many stories of sea-life written, that I should really think it unjustifiable in me to add one to the number without being able to give reasons in some measure warranting me in so doing.