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Two Years Before the Mast

著者 Richard Henry Dana Jr. · 39 章 · about 13 hours 43 minutes 読書時間

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Richard Dana は船乗りではなく大学生のときに、一般の手としてカリフォルニア行きの船に乗り組みました。二年間、彼は凍ったロープを登り、夜の見張りに立ち、重い皮を運び、不当に罰せられる人々を見ました。彼は良いこともひどいことも、すべて正直に書き留めました。彼の本は、士官が船尾で快適に暮らす一方で、普通の船乗りが正確に何に耐えたかを感じさせます。

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章の一覧

Preface4 min Chapter I: Departure4 min Chapter II: First Impressions, "sail Ho!"11 min Chapter III: Ship's Duties, Tropics11 min Chapter IV: A Rogue, Trouble on Board, "land Ho!", Pompero, Cape Horn15 min Chapter V: Cape Horn, a Visit17 min Chapter VI: Loss of a Man, Superstition10 min Chapter VII: Juan Fernandez, the Pacific14 min Chapter VIII: "tarring Down", Daily Life, "going Aft", California11 min Chapter IX: California, a South-easter16 min Chapter X: A South-easter, Passage Up the Coast10 min Chapter XI: Passage Up the Coast, Monterey10 min Chapter XII: Life at Monterey6 min Chapter XIII: Trading, a British Sailor21 min Chapter XIV: Santa Barbara, Hide-droghing, Harbor Duties, Discontent, San Pedro25 min Chapter XV: A Flogging, a Night on Shore, the State of Things on Board, San Diego27 min Chapter XVI: Liberty-day on Shore16 min Chapter XVII: San Diego, a Desertion, San Pedro Again, Beating the Coast16 min Chapter XVIII: Easter Sunday, "sail Ho!", Whales, San Juan, Romance of Hide-droghing, San Diego Again27 min Chapter XIX: The Sandwich Islanders, Hide-curing, Wood-cutting, Rattle-snakes, New-comers31 min Chapter XX: Leisure, News from Home, "burning the Water"18 min Chapter XXI: California and Its Inhabitants11 min Chapter XXII: Life on Shore, the Alert13 min Chapter XXIII: New Ship and Shipmates, My Watchmate39 min Chapter XXIV: San Diego Again, a Descent, Hurried Departure, a New Shipmate15 min Chapter XXV: Rumors of War, a Spouter, Slipping for a South-easter, a Gale35 min Chapter XXVI: San Francisco, Monterey18 min Chapter XXVII: The Sunday Wash-up, on Shore, a Set-to, a Grandee, "sail Ho!", a Fandango23 min Chapter XXVIII: An Old Friend, a Victim, California Rangers, News from Home, Last Looks28 min Chapter XXIX: Loading for Home, a Surprise, Last of an Old Friend, the Last Hide, a Hard Case, Up Anchor, for Home!, Homeward Bound46 min Chapter XXX: Beginning the Long Return Voyage, a Scare25 min Chapter XXXI: Bad Prospects, First Touch of Cape Horn, Icebergs, Temperance Ships, Lying-up, Ice, Difficulty on Board, Change of Course, Straits of Magellan50 min Chapter XXXII: Ice Again, a Beautiful Afternoon, Cape Horn, "land Ho!", Heading for Home24 min Chapter XXXIII: Cracking on, Progress Homeward, a Pleasant Sunday, a Fine Sight, By-play22 min Chapter XXXIV: Narrow Escapes, the Equator, Tropical Squalls, a Thunder Storm15 min Chapter XXXV: A Double-reef-top-sail Breeze, Scurvy, a Friend in Need, Preparing for Port, the Gulf Stream18 min Chapter XXXVI: Soundings, Sights from Home, Boston Harbor, Leaving the Ship19 min Concluding Chapter37 min Twenty-Four Years After64 min