PREFACE
Chapter 1. Author's Birth—Early Propensities—He Goes to. London—Is Apprenticed to a Cooper—Enters the. Navy—Smugglers—Arrive at Quebec.
Chapter 2. Canada—Mode of Fishing—Serpents—Floats of. Wood—Author Sails to the West. Indies—Slavery—Arrives at Newfoundland.
Chapter 3. Action between the Surprise and Jason —Anecdotes—Miscellaneous. Occurrences—Punishment for Neglect of Orders—Author. Paid Off.
Chapter 4. Author Arrives in Scotland—Singular Adventure—He. Returns to London—Enters a Greenland Ship—Whale. Fishery.
Chapter 5. Voyage to Grenada—Treatment of the Negroes—Dancing and. Songs—Long-Shorers Chiefly Scots and Irishmen—Anecdote. of a Welshman.
Chapter 6. Voyage of Discovery—Anecdote—Falkland. Islands—Cape. Horn—Owhyee—Atooi—Onehow—Manners of the. Natives.
Chapter 7. Trading Voyages—Conduct of the Natives—Sandwich. Islands—Language—Nootka Sound—Ships Sail for. China.
Chapter 8. China—Manners of the. Chinese—Food—Religion—Punishments—Evasion. of Duty—St Helena—Author Arrives in England.
Chapter 9. Author Engaged as Steward of a Convict Ship—Anecdotes of. Female Convicts—Sails for New South Wales—Attaches. Himself to Sarah Whitlam—Singular Punishment—Crossing. the Line—Miscellaneous Occurrences—Port. Jackson—St Helena.
Chapter 10. Author Engaged on Board a South Sea Whaler—Miscellaneous. Occurrences—Grief at the Conduct of. Sarah—Seal-Fishing—Sea Lions—Unexpectedly Meets a. Countryman at Paita—Transactions There.
Chapter 11. Rio de Janeiro—Portuguese Seamen—Lisbon—Author. Arrives in London—Visits Sarah's Parents—Enters a. Vessel Bound for China—Anecdote.
Chapter 12. Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope—Singular. Incident—Java—Wampoa—Chinese. Artificers—Music—Returns to England, and is. Impressed—Leith Roads—Mutiny—Storm at Sea.
Chapter 13. Action off Cape St Vincent—Blockade of Cadiz—Action at. Aboukir Bay—Anecdotes of the Battle—Subsequent. Occurrences—Landing of the British Army in. Egypt—Ophthalmia—Return to England.
Chapter 14. Author Arrives in Edinburgh—Marries and Settles as a. Cooper—Forced to Leave his Business from Danger of. Impressment—Retires to Cousland—Subsequent. Occurrences—Returns to Edinburgh from Inability to Work at. Cousland—Failure of Prospects—Present Situation.
Postscript by the Editor
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