droghing

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

  Twenty Four Years Later

• “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

• “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

• “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

• “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

• “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

• “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

• “` ` 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

• “Besides 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

• “We did not believe that a French prison would be much worse than ` ` hide droghing '' on the coast of”

  Two Years Before the Mast

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