content: This was the story of Richard Henry Dana who the doctor recomends to sign up to become a sailior. He goes on the ship the Pilgrim which has hide trade and he tales of the hardships of the sea. A few years ago my school had a field trip to the replica to the Pilgrim and we got to stay over night to see how it felt to be a sailior. I was in a group called the hidegathers and we got to go out in a small rowboat..it was quite exciting.