Chapter II: Introduction: 15

I. GETTING UNDER WAY 21

II. COOKS AND COFFEE POTS AND SEAMANSHIP 38

III. THE COOK STUDIES NAVIGATION 49

IV. THE WRECK OF THE ROCHEFORT 68

V. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW 80

VI. MY NATIVE LAND FAREWELL 88

VII. GARRISON LIFE 111

VIII. THE BEGINNING OF ACADIA 129

IX. AREAS OF RAIN 145

X. ACADIA 166

XI. SEVERAL OTHER DAYS 181

XII. A CHANGE OF SCENE 206

XIII. SWIFT WATER 212

XIV. MORE RAPIDS 223

XV. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 229