... Two Years Before the Mast by Richard HENRY DANA 1840 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Lang... ... Two Years Before the Mast by Richard HENRY DANA 1840 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Reso... ... Two Years Before the Mast by Richard HENRY DANA 1840 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, ... ...ig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I m... ... to the royal mast head. Here the rocking of the vessel, which increases the higher you go from the foot of the mast, which is the fulcrum of the leve... ...ench, but receiving no answer, she tried us in English. She was the ship La Carolina, from Havre, for New York. We desired her to report the brig Pil... ... the first land that I had seen since leaving home, and still more from the associations which every one has connected with it in their childhood fr... ..., and make their appearance on the ‘‘off shore ground.’’ We saw some fine ‘‘schools’’ of sperm whales, which are easily distinguished by their spout... ...ght himself into a position on board ship, and whom we brought home a tall, athletic youth, that might have been the pride and support of his widowed...

...The fourteenth of August was the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage, which I had unde...