droghing

Beside this, having begun the voyage with very few clothes, he had taken up the greater part of his wages in the slop-chest, and it was every day a losing concern to him; and, like all the rest of the crew, he had a hearty hatred of California, and the prospect of eighteen months or two years more of hide-droghing seemed completely to break down his spirit.

Chapter XXIX. Loading for Home-A Surprise-Last of an Old Friend-The Last Hide-A Hard Case-Up Anchor, for Home!-Homeward Bound 1909

“I knew you, sir, when you commanded the Ayacucho on this coast, in old hide-droghing times, in 1835–6.

Twenty Four Years Later 1909

The third was a large ship, with top-gallant-masts housed, and sails unbent, and looking as rusty and worn as two years’ “hide-droghing” could make her.

Chapter XV. A Flogging-A Night on Shore-The State of Things on Board-San Diego 1909

We did not believe that a French prison would be much worse than “hide-droghing” on the coast of California; and no one who has not been on a long, dull voyage, shut up in one ship, can conceive of the effect of monotony upon one’s thoughts and wishes.

Chapter XXV. Rumors of War-A Spouter-Slipping for a South-Easter-A Gale 1909

Beside this, having begun the voyage with very few clothes, he had taken up the greater part of his wages in the slop-chest, and it was every day a losing concern to him; and, like all the rest of the crew, he had a hearty hatred of California, and the prospect of eighteen months or two years more of hide-droghing seemed completely to break down his spirit.

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

We did not believe that a French prison would be much worse than "hide-droghing" on the coast of California; and no one who has not been on a long, dull voyage, shut up in one ship, can conceive of the effect of monotony upon one's thoughts and wishes.

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

"I knew you, sir, when you commanded the Ayacucho on this coast, in old hide-droghing times, in 1835-6."

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

The third was a large ship, with top-gallant-masts housed, and sails unbent, and looking as rusty and worn as two years '"hide-droghing" could make her.

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

Beside this, having begun the voyage with very few clothes, he had taken up the greater part of his wages in the slop-chest, and it was every day a losing concern to him; and, like all the rest of the crew, he had a hearty hatred of California, and the prospect of eighteen months or two years more of hide-droghing seemed completely to break down his spirit.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848

` ` I knew you, sir, when you commanded the Ayacucho on this coast, in old hide-droghing times, in 1835-6. ''

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848