THE BEACHCOMBER

FROM "TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST" 1838 (First mention of "Beachcomber") "This is a specimen of the life of half of the Americans and English who are adrift along the coasts of the Pacific and its islands commonly called beach combers. ...He spent his own money and nearly all the stores among the half bloods upon the beach and went up to the Presidio where he lived the life of a desperate loafer until some rascally deed sent him off.

THE BEACHCOMBER

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