CONTENTS

[PART I]
IN THE MERCHANT SERVICEPAGE
I.How I went to Sea[3]
II.My First Voyage[24]
III.The Mutiny[40]
IV.Not Born to be Drowned[54]
V.A “Shanghaeing” Episode[64]
VI.To California before the Gold Discovery[77]
VII.Recapturing a Runaway[93]
VIII.Chased by Pirates[115]
[PART II]
IN THE NAVAL SERVICE
I.The Outbreak of the Civil War[137]
II.A Night Attack by a ConfederateRam[148]
III.The Passage of the Forts and theCapture of New Orleans[162]
IV.On to New Orleans[178]
V.Chasing a Blockade Runner[191]
VI.A Narrow Escape[205]
VII.A Successful Still Hunt[220]
VIII.Catching a Tartar[230]
IX.The Naval Traitor[240]
X.Hunting for Bushwhackers[254]
XI.The End of the Struggle[271]

TWENTY YEARS AT SEA