Richard Henry Dana from Boston on August 14，1834，on the brig Pilgrim，bound for the coast of California。His experiences for the next years form the subject of the present volume。The record of Dana’s life agrees with the picture of his temperament which he unconsciously painted in his first and greatest book。The merit of Two Years Before the Mast was recognized in both America and England immediuately after its appearance，and it at once took rank as the most vivid and accurate picture in literatur

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CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CONCLUDING CHAPTER
TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER