6CHAPTER FOUR
978CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Relates Incidents of the War and a Great Deliverance.
7CHAPTER FIVE
979CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. The Fate of the Paramount Chief of Kafirland.
8CHAPTER SIX
980CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Results of War.
9CHAPTER SEVEN
981CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. The Last.
10CHAPTER EIGHT
982In the Track of the Troops
11CHAPTER NINE
983CHAPTER ONE. Reveals the Explosive Nature of my Early Career.
12CHAPTER TEN
984CHAPTER TWO. Is Still More Explosive than the First.
13CHAPTER ELEVEN
985CHAPTER THREE. An Interview with Men in Power.
14CHAPTER TWELVE
986CHAPTER FOUR. A Day with the Torpedoes.
15CHAPTER THIRTEEN
987CHAPTER FIVE. Terrible Torpedo Tales, Followed By Overturned Plans.
16CHAPTER FOURTEEN
988CHAPTER SIX. Turk and Bulgarian—A Wrestling Match and a Dispute.
17CHAPTER FIFTEEN
989CHAPTER SEVEN. The Black Clouds Gather.
18CHAPTER SIXTEEN
990CHAPTER EIGHT. Treats of Torpedoes, Terrible Catastrophe, Unexpected Meetings, and Such Like.
19CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
991CHAPTER NINE. In which Lancey is Tried, Suspected, Blown Up, Captured, Half-Hanged, Delivered, and Astonished.
20CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
992CHAPTER TEN. Involves Lancey in Great Perplexities, which Culminate in a Vast Surprise.
21CHAPTER NINETEEN
993CHAPTER ELEVEN. Refers to two Important Letters, and a Secret Mission.
22CHAPTER TWENTY
994CHAPTER TWELVE. My First Experience of Actual War, and my Thoughts Thereon.
23CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
995CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Shews what Sometimes Happens in the Track of Troops.
24CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
996CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Tells More of what Occasionally Happens in the Track of Troops.
25CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
997CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Simtova—New Views of War—Lancey Goes to the Front, and Sees Service, and Gets a Scare.
26CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
998CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Lancey gets Embroiled in Troubles, and Sees some Peculiar Service.
27CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
999CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. In which some Desperate Enterprises are Undertaken.
28CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
1000CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Treats of one of our Great Ironclads.
29CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
1001CHAPTER NINETEEN. Describes a Stirring Fight.
30CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
1002CHAPTER TWENTY. Treats of War and some of its “Glorious” Results.
31CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
1003CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. More of the Results of War.
32CHAPTER THIRTY
1004CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The Fall of Plevna.
33CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
1005CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Woe to the “Auburn Hair!” After the Battle—Prowling Villains Punished.
34CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
1006CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Farewell to Sanda Pasha—A Scuffle, and an Unexpected Meeting.
35CHAPTER THIRTY THREE
1007CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Describes a Wreck, and the Triumph of Love.
36CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
1008CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Some More of War’s Consequences.
37CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
1009Jarwin and Cuffy
38PREFACE
1010CHAPTER ONE. Adrift on the Ocean.
39CHAPTER ONE
1011CHAPTER TWO. Island Life.
40CHAPTER TWO.
1012CHAPTER THREE. Communings of Man and Beast.
41CHAPTER THREE.
1013CHAPTER FOUR. Hopes and Fears and Stern Resolves Lead to Vigorous Action.
42CHAPTER FOUR.
1014CHAPTER FIVE. Jarwin and Cuffy Fall into Bad Company.
43CHAPTER FIVE.
1015CHAPTER SIX. Our Hero Becomes a Favourite, and Entertains Hopes of Escape.
44CHAPTER SIX.
1016CHAPTER SEVEN. Our Hero is Exposed to Stirring Influences and Trying Circumstances.
45CHAPTER SEVEN.
1017CHAPTER EIGHT. Despair is Followed by Surprises and Deliverance.
46CHAPTER EIGHT.
1018CHAPTER NINE. The Last.
47CHAPTER NINE.
1019Philosopher Jack
48CHAPTER TEN.
1020CHAPTER ONE. Treats of our Hero and Others.
49CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1021CHAPTER TWO. Tells of a Ghost and an Overwhelming Disaster.
50CHAPTER TWELVE.
1022CHAPTER THREE. Adrift on the Great Ocean.
51CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
1023CHAPTER FOUR. The Coral Island—Proceedings Therein.
52CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
1024CHAPTER FIVE. Tells of Plottings and Trials at Home, with Doings and Dangers Abroad.
53CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
1025CHAPTER SIX. Watty Wilkins is Tried, Comforted, Run Down, Rescued, and Restored.
54CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
1026CHAPTER SEVEN. Failure.
55CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
1027CHAPTER EIGHT. Success.
56CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
1028CHAPTER NINE. Treats of a Catastrophe and Ruin.
57CHAPTER NINETEEN.
1029CHAPTER TEN. Change of Scene and Fortune.
58CHAPTER TWENTY.
1030CHAPTER ELEVEN. Return of the Wanderer.
59CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
1031CHAPTER TWELVE. Conclusion of the Whole Matter.
60CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
1032Post Haste
61CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
1033Preface
62CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
1034CHAPTER ONE. A Hero and His Worshipper.
63CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
1035CHAPTER TWO. Tells of Woman’s Work and some of Woman’s Ways.
64CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
1036CHAPTER THREE. Brilliant Prospects.
65CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
1037CHAPTER FOUR. The Royal Mail Steamer.
66CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
1038CHAPTER FIVE. Wreck and Rescue.
67CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.
1039CHAPTER SIX. Treats of Poverty, Pride, and Fidelity.
68CHAPTER THIRTY.
1040CHAPTER SEVEN. Phil Begins Life, and Makes a Friend.
69CHAPTER THIRTY ONE.
1041CHAPTER EIGHT. Downward—Deeper and Deeper.
70INTRODUCTION
1042CHAPTER NINE. Mr Blurt and George Aspel in Peculiar Circumstances.
71CHAPTER ONE.
1043CHAPTER TEN. A Mystery Cleared Up.
72CHAPTER TWO.
1044CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Letter-Carrier Goes His Rounds, Aids a Little Girl, and Overwhelms a Lady Statistically.
73CHAPTER THREE.
1045CHAPTER TWELVE. In Which a Bosom Friend is Introduced, Rural Felicity is Enlarged on, and Deep Plans are Laid.
74CHAPTER FOUR.
1046CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Miss Lillycrop Gets a Series of Surprises.
75CHAPTER FIVE.
1047CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Formation of the Pegaway Literary Association and Other Matters.
76CHAPTER SIX.
1048CHAPTER FIFTEEN. George Aspel Receives Various Visitors at the Ornithological Shop, and is Called to Vigorous Action.
77CHAPTER SEVEN.
1049CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Begins with Juvenile Flirtation, and Ends with Canine Cremation.
78CHAPTER EIGHT.
1050CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Tottie and Mrs Bones in Difficulty.
79CHAPTER NINE.
1051CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Business Interfered with in a Remarkable Manner.
80CHAPTER TEN.
1052CHAPTER NINETEEN. Deep-Laid Plans for Checkmating Mr Bones.
81CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1053CHAPTER TWENTY. The Post of the Olden Time.
82CHAPTER TWELVE.
1054CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Tells of a Series of Terrible Surprises.
83CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
1055CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Shows How One Thing Leads to Another, and so on.
84CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
1056CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Turning-Point.
85CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
1057CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Plans and Counter Plans.
86CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
1058CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Light Shining in Dark Places.
87CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
1059CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Tells of a Sham Fight and a Real Battle.
88CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
1060CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. The Greatest Battle of All.
89CHAPTER NINETEEN.
1061CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Storming of Rocky Cottage and Other Matters.
90CHAPTER TWENTY.
1062CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Describes an Interview and a Rencontre.
91CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
1063CHAPTER THIRTY. The Last.
92CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
1064The Lonely Island
93CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
1065CHAPTER ONE. The Refuge of the Mutineers. The Mutiny.
94CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
1066CHAPTER TWO. Records the Duties and Troubles of the Mutineers.
95CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
1067CHAPTER THREE. The Lonely Island Sighted.
96CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
1068CHAPTER FOUR. The Island Explored.
97CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
1069CHAPTER FIVE. The Landing of the Livestock in Bounty Bay.
98CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
1070CHAPTER SIX. Settling down and Exploration.
99CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.
1071CHAPTER SEVEN. Roasting, Foraging, and Fabricating.
100CHAPTER THIRTY.
1072CHAPTER EIGHT. Division of the Island—Moralisings, Misgivings, and a Great Event.
101CHAPTER THIRTY ONE.
1073CHAPTER NINE. Sally’s Chief Joys—Dark Clouds Overspread the Pitcairn Sky, and Darker Deeds are done.
102CHAPTER THIRTY TWO.
1074CHAPTER TEN. Dangers, Joys, Trials, and Multiplication.
103CHAPTER THIRTY THREE.
1075CHAPTER ELEVEN. Sporting, Schooling and Moralising.
104CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR.
1076CHAPTER TWELVE. Converse in the Cave—Cruelty, Punishment, and Revelry.
105CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE.
1077CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Tyrants and Plotters.
106CHAPTER THIRTY SIX.
1078CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Influence of Infancy, also of Villainy.
107CHAPTER ONE.
1079CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Murder!
108CHAPTER TWO.
1080CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Matt Quintal makes a Tremendous Discovery.
109CHAPTER THREE.
1081CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Clouds grow Thicker and Blacker.
110CHAPTER FOUR.
1082CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Aquatic Amusements.
111CHAPTER FIVE.
1083CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Darkest Hour.
112CHAPTER SIX.
1084CHAPTER TWENTY. The Dawn of a Better Day.
113CHAPTER SEVEN.
1085CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. The Last Man.
114CHAPTER EIGHT.
1086CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. John Adams longs for a Chum and becomes a Story-Teller.
115CHAPTER NINE.
1087CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Pitcairners have a Night of it.
116CHAPTER TEN.
1088CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Refers to Things Spiritual and Physical.
117CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1089CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Tells of an Important Matter.
118CHAPTER TWELVE.
1090CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Treats of a Birth and of Devastation.
119CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
1091CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. A Picnic and a Surprise.
120CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
1092CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The First Ship, and News of Home.
121CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
1093CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Jack Brace stirs up the War Spirit of Adams.
122CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
1094CHAPTER THIRTY. Adams and the Girls.
123CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
1095CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Treats of Interesting Matters.
124CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
1096CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Another Visit from the Great World.
125CHAPTER NINETEEN.
1097CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. New Arrivals and Strange Adventures.
126CHAPTER TWENTY.
1098CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR. Farewell!
127CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
1099The Red Man's Revenge
128CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
1100CHAPTER ONE. Opens the Ball.
129CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
1101CHAPTER TWO. Conflicting Elements and a Catastrophe.
130CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
1102CHAPTER THREE. The Pursuit begins.
131CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
1103CHAPTER FOUR. A Discovery—The Chase Continued on Foot.
132CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
1104CHAPTER FIVE. Tony becomes a Redskin, and the Pursuers change their Game.
133CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
1105CHAPTER SIX. Describes a Great Hunt.
134CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
1106CHAPTER SEVEN. Some of the Shadows of a Buffalo-Hunter’s Life.
135CHAPTER ONE.
1107CHAPTER EIGHT. The Chase Continued, and Brought to a Fiery Termination.
136CHAPTER TWO.
1108CHAPTER NINE. Meteorological Changes and Consequences, and a Grand Opportunity Misimproved.
137CHAPTER THREE.
1109CHAPTER TEN. Fate of the Buffalo-Hunters.
138CHAPTER FOUR.
1110CHAPTER ELEVEN. To the Rescue.
139CHAPTER FIVE.
1111CHAPTER TWELVE. Victory!
140CHAPTER SIX.
1112CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Cunning Device ends in Failure Followed by Destruction.
141CHAPTER SEVEN.
1113CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Flood begins to do its Work.
142CHAPTER EIGHT.
1114CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Flood continues to do its Work.
143CHAPTER NINE.
1115CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Winklemann and Old Liz get into Trouble.
144CHAPTER TEN.
1116CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Waves still rise, and Miss Trim comes to Grief.
145CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1117CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Old Ravenshaw goes Exploring and Rescuing.
146CHAPTER TWELVE.
1118CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Red Man receives a Visitor, cogitates deeply, and acts with Decision.
147CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
1119CHAPTER TWENTY. A Terrible Disaster and a Joyful Meeting.
148CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
1120CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Return of the Lost One.
149CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
1121CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The “Impossible” Accomplished.
150CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
1122CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Found and Saved.
151CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
1123CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Surprising Discovery—And More.
152CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
1124CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Brings Things to a Point.
153CHAPTER NINETEEN.
1125CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. The Last.
154CHAPTER TWENTY.
1126My Doggie and I
155CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
1127CHAPTER ONE. Explains Itself.
156CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
1128CHAPTER TWO. Introduces a Young Hero.
157CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
1129CHAPTER THREE. Treats of an Old Heroine.
158CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
1130CHAPTER FOUR. In Which Dumps Finds Another Old Friend.
159CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
1131CHAPTER FIVE. Conspiracy and Villainy, Innocence and Tragedy.
160CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
1132CHAPTER SIX. Relates a Stirring Innocent.
161CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
1133CHAPTER SEVEN. My Circumstances begin to Brighten.
162PREFACE
1134CHAPTER EIGHT. Little Slidder Resists Temptation Successfully, and I Become Enslaved.
163CHAPTER I.
1135CHAPTER NINE. On the Scent, but Puzzled.
164CHAPTER II.
1136CHAPTER TEN. A Disappointment, an Accident, and a Perplexing Return.
165CHAPTER III.
1137CHAPTER ELEVEN. Relates Generally to the Doings and Sayings of Robin Slidder.
166CHAPTER IV.
1138CHAPTER TWELVE. Begins with Love, Hope, and Joy, and ends Peculiarly.
167CHAPTER V.
1139CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Wonderful Discovery.
168CHAPTER VI.
1140CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Last.
169CHAPTER VII.
1141The Giant of the North
170CHAPTER VIII.
1142CHAPTER ONE. Introduces our Hero and his Kindred.
171CHAPTER IX.
1143CHAPTER TWO. Unexpected Meetings, Alarms, and Confidences.
172CHAPTER X.
1144CHAPTER THREE. Shows how the Eskimos were Entertained by the White Men.
173CHAPTER XI.
1145CHAPTER FOUR. A Catastrophe and a Bold Decision.
174CHAPTER XII.
1146CHAPTER FIVE. Left to their Fate.
175CHAPTER XIII.
1147CHAPTER SIX. Future Plans Discussed and Decided.
176CHAPTER XIV.
1148CHAPTER SEVEN. Difficulties Encountered and Faced.
177CHAPTER XV.
1149CHAPTER EIGHT. Difficulties and Dangers increase, and the Captain expounds his Views.
178CHAPTER XVI.
1150CHAPTER NINE. The Captain makes a Stupendous Effort. Disappointments and Discoveries.
179CHAPTER XVII.
1151CHAPTER TEN. A Sketcher in Imminent Danger. Difficulties increase, and are overcome as usual.
180CHAPTER XVIII.
1152CHAPTER ELEVEN. Another Island discovered—The Englishmen and Eskimos alike are Astonished in more Ways than one.
181CHAPTER XIX.
1153CHAPTER TWELVE. The Open Polar Basin at last! Alf washes himself in it.
182CHAPTER XX.
1154CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Gale and a Narrow Escape.
183CHAPTER XXI.
1155CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Records a Wonderful Apparition but a Furious Night.
184CHAPTER XXII.
1156CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Discourses of Deep Things.
185CHAPTER XXIII.
1157CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Arrival in Poloeland.
186CHAPTER XXIV.
1158CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Effect of Persuasion on Diverse Characters.
187CHAPTER XXV.
1159CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. The Captain electrifies as well as surprises his New Friends.
188CHAPTER XXVI.
1160CHAPTER NINETEEN. A Shooting Trip to Paradise Isle, and further Display of the Captain’s Contrivances.
189The Gorilla Hunters
1161CHAPTER TWENTY. Benjy’s Enjoyments Interrupted, and Poloeland Overwhelmed with a Catastrophe.
190CHAPTER ONE. In which the hunters are introduced.
1162CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Fate of the Lost Ones.
191CHAPTER TWO. Life in the wild woods.
1163CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. A Fight in Defence of Woman, And Rifle-Shooting Extraordinary.
192CHAPTER THREE. Wherein I mount guard, and how I did it, etcetera.
1164CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Leo visits Flatland and sees as well as hears much to interest him there.
193CHAPTER FOUR. Wherein will be found much that is philosophical.
1165CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Glorious Region Contemplated, and a Glorious Chase Planned.
194CHAPTER FIVE. Preparations for a grand hunt.
1166CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. In which a Great Hunt is Described, a War Expedition Frustrated, and a Hero Ennobled.
195CHAPTER SIX. Dreaming and feeding and bloody work enlarged upon.
1167CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Tells of a Warlike Expedition and its Happy Termination.
196CHAPTER SEVEN. We Circumvent the Natives.
1168CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. The Great Discovery.
197CHAPTER EIGHT. Peterkin distinguishes himself, and Okandaga is disposed of, etcetera.
1169CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Tells, among other Things, of a Notable Discovery.
198CHAPTER NINE. I discover a curious insect, and Peterkin takes a strange flight.
1170CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. A Runaway Journey and a Tremendous Experiment.
199CHAPTER TEN. Water Appreciated—Destructive Files, Etcetera.
1171CHAPTER THIRTY. Leo in Danger next! A Novel Mode of Rescue.
200CHAPTER ELEVEN. How We Met With Our First Gorilla, And How We Served Him.
1172CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. The Last.
201CHAPTER TWELVE. Peterkin’s Schoolday Reminiscences.
1173CHAPTER ONE
202CHAPTER THIRTEEN. We get into “The Thick of it”—Great Success.
1174CHAPTER TWO
203CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Our Plans are Suddenly Altered—Wicked Designs Discovered.
1175CHAPTER THREE
204CHAPTER FIFTEEN. An unexpected meeting—We fly, and I make a narrow escape from an appalling fate.
1176CHAPTER FOUR
205CHAPTER SIXTEEN. An unfortunate delay, and a terrible visitor.
1177CHAPTER FIVE
206CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. We visit a natural menagerie, see wonderful sights, and meet with strange adventures.
1178CHAPTER SIX
207CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Strange and terrible discoveries—Jack is made commander-in-chief of an army.
1179CHAPTER SEVEN
208CHAPTER NINETEEN. Preparations for War, and Peculiar Drill.
1180CHAPTER EIGHT
209CHAPTER TWENTY. A Warlike Expedition and a Victory.
1181CHAPTER NINE
210CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Arrangements for pursuing the enemy, and sudden change of plans.
1182CHAPTER TEN
211CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. We Meet with a Ludicrously Awful Adventure.
1183CHAPTER ELEVEN
212CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. We see strange things, and give our negro friends the slip.
1184CHAPTER TWELVE
213CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Long Chase, and a Happy Termination Thereof.
1185CHAPTER THIRTEEN
214CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. I Have a Desperate Encounter and a Narrow Escape.
1186CHAPTER FOURTEEN
215CHAPTER ONE.
1187CHAPTER FIFTEEN
216CHAPTER TWO.
1188CHAPTER SIXTEEN
217CHAPTER THREE.
1189The Battery and the Boiler
218CHAPTER FOUR.
1190CHAPTER ONE. In which the Hero makes his First Flash and Explosion.
219CHAPTER FIVE.
1191CHAPTER TWO. Refers to a Notable Character.
220CHAPTER SIX.
1192CHAPTER THREE. Early Aspirations.
221CHAPTER SEVEN.
1193CHAPTER FOUR. Extraordinary Result of an Attempt at Amateur Cable-Laying.
222CHAPTER EIGHT.
1194CHAPTER FIVE. Prospects of Real Cable-Laying—Robin meets with his First Electrical Acquaintances.
223CHAPTER NINE.
1195CHAPTER SIX. Tells of our Hero’s Visit to the Great Cable.
224CHAPTER TEN.
1196CHAPTER SEVEN. The Big Ship—First Night Aboard.
225CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1197CHAPTER EIGHT. Laying The Cable—“Faults” and Fault-Finding—Anxieties, Accidents, and other Matters.
226CHAPTER TWELVE.
1198CHAPTER NINE. In which Joys, Hopes, Alarms, Ghosts, and Leviathans Take Part.
227CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
1199CHAPTER TEN. Tells of Great Efforts and Failures and Grand Success.
228CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
1200CHAPTER ELEVEN. Home!
229CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
1201CHAPTER TWELVE. A Great Dynamo-Electric Sea-Fight.
230CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
1202CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Tells of a Sudden and Unlooked-for Event.
231CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
1203CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Raft.
232CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
1204CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Life on the Raft.
233CHAPTER NINETEEN.
1205CHAPTER SIXTEEN. In which will be found more Surprises than one.
234CHAPTER TWENTY.
1206CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Strange Discoveries on Pirate Island.
235CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
1207CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. The Pirate’s Island—Continued.
236CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
1208CHAPTER NINETEEN. An Exploration and an Accident.
237CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
1209CHAPTER TWENTY. Various Subjects treated of, and a Great Fight detailed.
238CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
1210CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Departure from Pirate Island and Hopeful News at Sarawak.
239CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
1211CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Bombay—Where Stumps comes to Grief.
240CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
1212CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Stumps in Despair—And Bombay in Raptures.
241CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
1213CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Shows the Dreadful Depravity of Man, and the Amazing Effects of Electrical Treatment on Man and Beast.
242CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
1214CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. A Great Field-day, in which Slagg distinguishes himself.
243CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.
1215CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Begins with a Disappointment, continues with a Great Reception, and ends with a Series of Surprises.
244CHAPTER ONE.
1216CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Describes Several Important Events.
245CHAPTER TWO.
1217CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Cable Laid.
246CHAPTER THREE.
1218CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Uncle Rik’s Adventures.
247CHAPTER FOUR.
1219CHAPTER THIRTY. The Wright Family reunited, and Sam becomes highly Electrical.
248CHAPTER FIVE.
1220CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Describes a Happy Home and a Happier Meeting.
249CHAPTER SIX.
1221CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. In which the Story finds a “Fault,” and the Electrical Current ends.
250CHAPTER SEVEN.
1222The Thorogood Family
251CHAPTER EIGHT.
1223CHAPTER ONE.
252CHAPTER NINE.
1224CHAPTER TWO.
253CHAPTER TEN.
1225CHAPTER THREE.
254CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1226CHAPTER FOUR.
255CHAPTER TWELVE.
1227CHAPTER FIVE.
256CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
1228CHAPTER SIX.
257CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
1229CHAPTER SEVEN.
258CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
1230The Young Trawler
259CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
1231CHAPTER ONE. Introduces Deep-Sea Fishermen And their Families.
260CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
1232CHAPTER TWO. A Contrast to Chapter I.
261CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
1233CHAPTER THREE. Introduces Consternation to A Delicate Household.
262CHAPTER NINETEEN.
1234CHAPTER FOUR. Billy Bright the Fisher-Boy visits London—has a Fight—enlarges his Mind, and undertakes Business.
263CHAPTER TWENTY.
1235CHAPTER FIVE. How Billy Conducts the Business—How Captain Bream Overcomes the Sisters, and how Jessie Seaward Sees Mystery in Everything.
264CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
1236CHAPTER SIX. The Curse of the North Sea; and the Trawls at Work.
265CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
1237CHAPTER SEVEN. A Haul and its Consequences—Mysterious News from the Land.
266CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
1238CHAPTER EIGHT. Dangers, Difficulties, and Excitements of the Traffic; Loading the Steamer.
267CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
1239CHAPTER NINE. Another Drag-Net hauled—The Mission Smack.
268CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
1240CHAPTER TEN. A Strong Contrast—A Victim of the Coper.
269CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
1241CHAPTER ELEVEN. Ruth and Captain Bream take to Scheming.
270CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
1242CHAPTER TWELVE. Captain Bream develops a Capacity for Scheming.
271CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
1243CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Run down in a Fog—Captain Bream acts surprisingly.
272Away in the Wilderness
1244CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Ruth’s Hopes as to her Plot brighten a little.
273CHAPTER ONE. The Hunter.
1245CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Cloud comes over Ruth’s Hopes, and dims their Brightness.
274CHAPTER TWO. The Three Friends.
1246CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Temptation on the Deep.
275CHAPTER THREE. The Encampment.
1247CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Converse in the Cabin—The Tempter again—An Accident.
276CHAPTER FOUR. Mosquitoes—Camp-Fire Talk.
1248CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. A Day of Calm followed by a Night of Storm.
277CHAPTER FIVE. Journeying in the Wilderness.
1249CHAPTER NINETEEN. Ruth finds that everything seems to go against her.
278CHAPTER SIX. The Outpost.
1250CHAPTER TWENTY. Details Two Robberies and an Awful Situation.
279CHAPTER SEVEN. A Savage Family, and a Fight with a Bear.
1251CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. A Hopeful Club Discovered.
280CHAPTER EIGHT. Running the Falls—Wild Scenes and Men.
1252CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. In the Mission Boat on the Thames—The Damping of the Body cannot damp the Ardent Spirit.
281CHAPTER NINE. The Fort, and an Unexpected Meeting.
1253CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. How Captain Bream fared in his Search, and what came of it.
282CHAPTER TEN. Buffalo-Hunting on the Prairies.
1254CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Wreck of the Evening Star.
283CHAPTER ELEVEN. Winter—Sleeping in the Snow—A Night Alarm.
1255CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Billy and his Father Return Home.
284CHAPTER TWELVE. The Wedding, an Arrival, a Feast, and a Ball.
1256CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. The House of Mourning.
285CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Conclusion.
1257CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. The Captain’s Appetite Restored, and Ruth in a New Light.
286Fighting the Whales
1258CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Out with the Short Blue again.
287CHAPTER ONE. In Trouble, to begin with.
1259CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Another Fight and—Victory!
288CHAPTER TWO. At Sea.
1260CHAPTER THIRTY. The Climax Reached at last.
289CHAPTER THREE. Our First Battle.
1261CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. The Last.
290CHAPTER FOUR. “Cutting-in the Blubber” and “Trying out the Oil.”
1262Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished
291CHAPTER FIVE. A Storm, a Man Overboard, and a Rescue.
1263CHAPTER ONE. An Accident and some of its Curious Results.
292CHAPTER SIX. The Whale—Fighting Bulls, Etcetera.
1264CHAPTER TWO. The Irresistible Power of Love.
293CHAPTER SEVEN. Tom’s Wisdom—Another Great Battle.
1265CHAPTER THREE. Poverty Manages to Board out her Infant for Nothing.
294CHAPTER EIGHT. Death on the Sea.
1266CHAPTER FOUR. Samuel Twitter astonishes Mrs Twitter and her Friends.
295CHAPTER NINE. News from Home—A Gam.
1267CHAPTER FIVE. Treats still further of Riches, Poverty, Babies, and Police.
296CHAPTER TEN. Return Home.
1268CHAPTER SIX. Wealth pays a Visit to Poverty.
297CHAPTER ONE.
1269CHAPTER SEVEN. Bicycling and its Occasional Results.
298CHAPTER TWO.
1270CHAPTER EIGHT. A Great and Memorable Day.
299CHAPTER THREE.
1271CHAPTER NINE. How the Poor are Succoured.
300CHAPTER FOUR.
1272CHAPTER TEN. Balls, Bobby, Sir Richard, and Giles appear on the Stage.
301CHAPTER FIVE.
1273CHAPTER ELEVEN. Sir Richard and Mr Brisbane discuss, and Di listens.
302CHAPTER SIX.
1274CHAPTER TWELVE. Sammy Twitter’s Fall.
303CHAPTER SEVEN.
1275CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Tells of some Curious and Vigorous Peculiarities of the Lower Orders.
304CHAPTER EIGHT.
1276CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Number 666 Off Duty.
305CHAPTER NINE.
1277CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Mrs Frog sinks Deeper and Deeper.
306CHAPTER TEN.
1278CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Sir Richard visits the Beehive, and sees many Surprising Things.
307CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1279CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Things become too hot for the Twitter Family.
308CHAPTER TWELVE.
1280CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. The Ocean and the New World.
309CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
1281CHAPTER NINETEEN. At Home in Canada.
310CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
1282CHAPTER TWENTY. Occupations at Brankly Farm.
311CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
1283CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Treats of Altered Circumstances and Blue-Ribbonism.
312CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
1284CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Ned Frog’s Experiences and Sammy Twitter’s Woes.
313CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
1285CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Hopes revive.
314CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
1286CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Returning Prodigal.
315CHAPTER NINETEEN.
1287CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Canada again—and Surprising News.
316CHAPTER TWENTY.
1288CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Happy Meetings.
317CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
1289CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. A Strange Visit and its Results.
318CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
1290CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Great Change.
319CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
1291CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Home Again.
320CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
1292CHAPTER THIRTY. The New Home.
321Fast in the Ice
1293CHAPTER ONE.
322CHAPTER ONE.
1294CHAPTER TWO.
323CHAPTER TWO. At Sea—The First Storm.
1295CHAPTER THREE.
324CHAPTER THREE. In the Ice—Dangers of Arctic Voyaging.
1296CHAPTER FOUR.
325CHAPTER FOUR. Difficulties, Troubles, And Dangers.
1297CHAPTER FIVE.
326CHAPTER FIVE. A Gale—Narrow Escapes—Signs Of Winter—Set Fast.
1298CHAPTER SIX.
327CHAPTER SIX. Preparations for Wintering—Remarkable Adventures with a Bear.
1299CHAPTER SEVEN.
328CHAPTER SEVEN. A Great Battle with the Walrus.
1300CHAPTER EIGHT.
329CHAPTER EIGHT. The Cause of Ice-Bergs—Fox-Chase—A Bear.
1301CHAPTER NINE.
330CHAPTER NINE. A Visit to the Eskimos—Wonderful Doings—A Mystery.
1302CHAPTER TEN.
331CHAPTER TEN. The Tale of a Kite—A Great Bear-Fight.
1303CHAPTER ELEVEN.
332CHAPTER ELEVEN. Christmas Time—Death—Return of Light and Hope—Disasters and Final Deliverance.
1304CHAPTER TWELVE.
333Gascoyne
1305CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
334CHAPTER I. The Schooner
1306CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
335CHAPTER II. Bumpus Is Fiery and Philosophical—Murderous Designs Frustrated
1307CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
336CHAPTER III. A Bough Walk Enlivened by Rambling Talk—Bumpus Is "Agreeable."
1308CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
337CHAPTER IV. The Missionary—Suspicions, Surprises, and Surmises
1309CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
338CHAPTER V. The Pastor's Household—Preparations for War
1310CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
339CHAPTER VI. Suspicions Allayed and Reawakened
1311CHAPTER NINETEEN.
340CHAPTER VII. Master Corrie Caught Napping—Snakes in the Grass
1312CHAPTER TWENTY.
341CHAPTER VIII. A Surprise—A Battle and a Fire
1313CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
342CHAPTER IX. Baffled and Perplexed—Plans for a Rescue
1314The Island Queen
343CHAPTER X. The Pursuit—Poopy, Led on by Love and Hate, Rushes to the Rescue
1315CHAPTER ONE. The Open Boat.
344CHAPTER XI. A Ghost—A Terrible Combat Ending in a Dreadful Plunge
1316CHAPTER TWO. Wrecked on a Reef.
345CHAPTER XII. Dangerous Navigation and Doubtful Pilotage—Montague Is Hot, Gascoyne Sarcastic
1317CHAPTER THREE. Explorations and Discoveries.
346CHAPTER XIII. Doings on Board the "Foam."
1318CHAPTER FOUR. Difficulties met and overcome.
347CHAPTER XIV. Greater Mysteries Than Ever—A Bold Move and a Narrow Escape
1319CHAPTER FIVE. Stirring Events and Changes.
348CHAPTER XV. Remarkable Doings of Poopy—Extraordinary Case of Resuscitation
1320CHAPTER SIX. Shipwrecked Emigrants and Horrified Conspirators.
349CHAPTER XVI. A Wild Chase—Hope, Disappointment, and Despair—The Sandal-Wood Trader Outwits the Man-Of-War
1321CHAPTER SEVEN. Treats of Big Island—A Great Fight and a Royal Family.
350CHAPTER XVII. The Escape
1322CHAPTER EIGHT. The Coronation—Crown-Making Deliberations, Ceremonials, and Catastrophes.
351CHAPTER XVIII. The Goat's Pass—An Attack, a Bloodless Victory, and a Sermon
1323CHAPTER NINE. Shows how they were tormented by an Old Familiar Fiend; How they killed him, and what befell the Queen and Otto while in the Pursuit of Legitimate Pleasure.
352CHAPTER XIX. Sorrow and Sympathy—The Widow Becomes a Pleader and Her Son Engages in a Single Combat
1324CHAPTER TEN. Describes a Rescue, a Conspiracy, and a Trial.
353CHAPTER XX. Mysterious Consultations and Plans—Gascoyne Astonishes His Friends, and Makes an Unexpected Confession
1325CHAPTER ELEVEN. Shows how the Queen Conducted herself in Trying Circumstances, and was Finally Dethroned.
354CHAPTER XXI. A Terrible Doom for an Innocent Man
1326CHAPTER TWELVE. Last Chapter.
355CHAPTER XXII. The Rendezvous—An Episode—Peculiar Circumstances—Other Matters
1327The Rover of the Andes
356CHAPTER XXIII. Plans Partially Carried Out—The Cutter's Fate—And a Serious Misfortune
1328CHAPTER ONE. At the Foot of the Mountain Range.
357CHAPTER XXIV. An Unexpected Meeting—Doings on the Isle of Palms—Gascoyne's Despair
1329CHAPTER TWO. Compact with the New Friend and Discovery of an Old One.
358CHAPTER XXV. Surly Dick the Rescue
1330CHAPTER THREE. Lingual Difficulties Accompanied by Physical Dangers and followed by the Advent of Banditti.
359CHAPTER XXVI. The Capture and the Fire
1331CHAPTER FOUR. In which Quashy is Communicative and an Enemy is Turned into a Friend.
360CHAPTER XXVII. Pleading for Life
1332CHAPTER FIVE. Lawrence and Quashy become “Flosuffical,” and they camp out beside the “Giant’s Castle.”
361CHAPTER XXVIII. A Peculiar Confidant—More Difficulties, and Various Plans to Overcome Them
1333CHAPTER SIX. A Storm in the Mountains—Refuge found—Converse round the Fire.
362CHAPTER XXIX. Bumpus Is Perplexed—Mysterious Communings, and a Curious Leave-Taking
1334CHAPTER SEVEN. Things begin to look Brighter—The Guide’s Story.
363CHAPTER XXX. More Leaving—Deep Designs—Bumpus in a New Capacity
1335CHAPTER EIGHT. A New Acquaintance and a Change of Scene.
364CHAPTER XXXI. The Ambush—The Escape—Retributive Justice—And Conclusion
1336CHAPTER NINE. Tells of a Tremendous Catastrophe.
365CHAPTER ONE.
1337CHAPTER TEN. Recounts some Terrible and some Vigorous Deeds.
366CHAPTER TWO.
1338CHAPTER ELEVEN. Outwitted by a Bandit.
367CHAPTER THREE.
1339CHAPTER TWELVE. Thick Woods, Heat, Change of Scene, and Savages.
368CHAPTER FOUR.
1340CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Deals with Spotted Tiger’s Home, and a Hunting Expedition.
369CHAPTER FIVE.
1341CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Hunt continued; one of the Hunters almost concluded. Explorations indulged in, and a Capture effected.
370CHAPTER SIX.
1342CHAPTER FIFTEEN. An Unexpected Attack and an Unlooked-for Arrival.
371CHAPTER SEVEN.
1343CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Tells of Absurd, as well as Evil, Doings, and winds up with a Horrid Surprise.
372CHAPTER EIGHT.
1344CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. In which Ingenuity, Comicality, Ferocity, Eccentricity, Fecundity, and some other “Ities” in Man and Beast are mentioned.
373CHAPTER NINE.
1345CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Pedro becomes communicative; Manuela vocal; Lawrence preposterous; Quashy and Tiger violent—The Whole ending in a Grand Catastrophe.
374CHAPTER TEN.
1346CHAPTER NINETEEN. In which, among other things, Lawrence refuses an Invitation, and bids a Final Farewell to Manuela.
375CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1347CHAPTER TWENTY. Is cumulatively Astonishing.
376CHAPTER TWELVE.
1348CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Hopes, Fears, Perplexities, Joys, and Explanations.
377CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
1349CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Colonel Marchbanks proves to be not so Good a General as he gets Credit for, and Lawrence stands self-convicted.
378CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
1350CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Treats of Savages, Captives, Chases, Accidents, Incidents, and Perplexities.
379CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
1351CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Lawrence and his Man fall in with Strangers, hear Good News, and experience Rough Usage.
380CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
1352CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Begins with Gaucho Homes and Domestic Concerns; continues with two Fights, and ends with a Friend and a “Puzzler.”
381CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
1353CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. In which Old Friends and Enemies turn up in quite a Surprising Manner, and Quashy’s Joy overflows.
382CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
1354CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Describes several Interesting and somewhat Violent Proceedings.
383CHAPTER NINETEEN.
1355CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Treats of a Gaucho Youth.
384CHAPTER TWENTY.
1356CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Describes several Mysterious Meetings and Conversations.
385CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
1357CHAPTER THIRTY. The Last.
386CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
1358The Prairie Chief
387CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
1359CHAPTER ONE. The Alarm.
388CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
1360CHAPTER TWO. The Surprise and Combat.
389CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
1361CHAPTER THREE. The Massacre and the Chase.
390Chasing the Sun
1362CHAPTER FOUR. Circumventing the Blackfeet.
391CHAPTER ONE. Preparations for the Chase.
1363CHAPTER FIVE. The Mountain Fortress.
392CHAPTER TWO. The Storm and the First Adventure.
1364CHAPTER SIX. A Strange Visitor.
393CHAPTER THREE. Bergen—Talking, Supping, and Sleeping Under Difficulties.
1365CHAPTER SEVEN. Big Tim’s Method with Savages.
394CHAPTER FOUR. A Ghost and a Custom—A Fish-Market and a Norse Lover.
1366CHAPTER EIGHT. Netting a Grizzly Bear.
395CHAPTER FIVE. Cariole Travelling—Miserable Lodging and Poor Fare—Native Peculiarities—A Night Battle.
1367CHAPTER NINE. A Daring Exploit.
396CHAPTER SIX. Deceptive Appearances—Perpetual Day—Perplexities about Bed-Time—Confusion of Mind.
1368CHAPTER TEN. Snakes in the Grass.
397CHAPTER SEVEN. A Sunday on Shore.
1369CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Snakes make a Dart and Secure their Victims.
398CHAPTER EIGHT. Visit to a Strange People—The Midnight Sun.
1370CHAPTER TWELVE. The Pursuit, Failure, Despair.
399CHAPTER NINE. Miscellaneous Adventures—The Value of Language—Salmon-Fishing.
1371CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Powerful Influence of Bad Weapons and of Love.
400CHAPTER TEN. Conclusion.
1372CHAPTER FOURTEEN. In which Plans, Prospects, Love, Dangers, and Perplexities are dealt with.
401STORY 1
1373CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Plot and Counterplot.
402CHAPTER 1. Mr Sudberry in his Counting-House.
1374CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Last.
403CHAPTER 2. Mr Sudberry at Home.
1375The Lively Poll
404CHAPTER 3. First Impressions.
1376CHAPTER ONE. The Fleet.
405CHAPTER 4. First Comers served first, etcetera.
1377CHAPTER TWO. Accidents Afloat and Incidents Ashore.
406CHAPTER 5. Some Account of a Great Fishing Expedition.
1378CHAPTER THREE. The Skipper Ashore.
407CHAPTER 6. The Picnic.
1379CHAPTER FOUR. Hardships on the Sea.
408CHAPTER 7. The Picnic Concluded.
1380CHAPTER FIVE. The Tempter’s Victory.
409CHAPTER 8. Concerning Fowls and Pools.
1381CHAPTER SIX. The Power of Sympathy.
410CHAPTER 9. A Grand Excursion over the Mountains.
1382CHAPTER SEVEN. A Rescue.
411CHAPTER 10. Lost on the Mountains.
1383CHAPTER EIGHT. Tells of more than one Surprise.
412CHAPTER 11. Still Lost!
1384CHAPTER NINE. Beginning of the Good Work.
413CHAPTER 12. Found.
1385CHAPTER TEN. The First Fight and Victory.
414CHAPTER 13. Visiting the Poor.
1386CHAPTER ELEVEN. A Consultation, a Feast, and a Plot.
415CHAPTER 14. A Surprise and a Battle.
1387CHAPTER TWELVE. The Enterprise fails—remarkably.
416CHAPTER 15. A Dream and a Ball.
1388CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Tide begins to turn, and Death steps in.
417CHAPTER 16. The Effects of Compasses.
1389CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Last.
418CHAPTER 17. The Trip to Glen Ogle.
1390Red Rooney
419CHAPTER 18. The Family go to Church under Difficulties.
1391CHAPTER ONE. Lost and Found.
420CHAPTER 19. A Strange Home-Coming.
1392CHAPTER TWO. Describes a Rescue and a Happy Family.
421CHAPTER 20. Mysterious Matters—A Happy Return, etcetera.
1393CHAPTER THREE. Our Hero and his Friends become Familiar.
422CHAPTER 21. The End.
1394CHAPTER FOUR. Okiok becomes Simple but Deep, and the Wizard tries to make Capital out of Events.
423STORY 2
1395CHAPTER FIVE. Plots and Counter-Plots already.
424CHAPTER 1. Why I did not become a Sailor.
1396CHAPTER SIX. Angut and Rooney hold Converse on many Things.
425CHAPTER 2.
1397CHAPTER SEVEN. Treats of Cross-Purposes and Difficulties.
426CHAPTER 3.
1398CHAPTER EIGHT. Mrs Okiok’s Little Evening Party.
427CHAPTER 4.
1399CHAPTER NINE. Shows that the Wise are a Match for the Wicked, and exhibits Tumbler and Pussi in Danger.
428CHAPTER 5.
1400CHAPTER TEN. Red Rooney becomes a Spectacle and then a President.
429CHAPTER 6.
1401CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Hairy Ones feast and are Happy.
430CHAPTER 7.
1402CHAPTER TWELVE. Combines Story-Telling (in both Senses) with Fasting, Fun, and more Serious Matters.
431CHAPTER 8.
1403CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Mischief Hatching.
432CHAPTER 9.
1404CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Solemn and Mysterious Doings are Brought to a Violent Close.
433CHAPTER 10.
1405CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Great Singing Duel interrupted by a Catastrophe.
434STORY 3
1406CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Rebellion of the Worm and the Fall of the Wizard.
435CHAPTER 1. Papers from Norway.
1407CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Tells of Despair and a Wild Pursuit.
436CHAPTER 2. Salmon-Fishing Extraordinary.
1408CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. A Terrible Encounter, Disastrous Results, and Singular Termination.
437The Lighthouse
1409CHAPTER NINETEEN. Spring returns—Kayak Evolutions—Angut is Puzzled.
438CHAPTER ONE. The Rock.
1410CHAPTER TWENTY. The Chase continued and disastrously interrupted.
439CHAPTER TWO. The Lovers and the Press-Gang.
1411CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Shows a Gloomy Prospect—Starvation threatened, and wonderfully averted.
440CHAPTER THREE. Our Hero Obliged to go to Sea.
1412CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. A Brief but Singular Voyage winds up with a Great Surprise.
441CHAPTER FOUR. The Burglary.
1413CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Describes a most Amazing Surprise, and treats of Hans Egede.
442CHAPTER FIVE. The Bell Rock Invaded.
1414CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Escape from Present Danger, and a Curious Instance of the Effects of Gin.
443CHAPTER SIX. The Captain Changes His Quarters.
1415CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Eskimo Encampment—A Murder and its Consequences.
444CHAPTER SEVEN. Ruby in Difficulties.
1416CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Tells of Men whose Actions end in Smoke, and of others whose Plots end in Deeds of Darkness.
445CHAPTER EIGHT. The Scene Changes—Ruby is Vulcanised.
1417CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. A Strange Meeting strangely interrupted.
446CHAPTER NINE. Storms and Troubles.
1418CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. A Capture, Flight, Surprise, and Rescue.
447CHAPTER TEN. The Rising of the Tide—A Narrow Escape.
1419CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Conclusion.
448CHAPTER ELEVEN. A Storm and a Dismal State of Things on Board the Pharos.
1420The Big Otter
449CHAPTER TWELVE. Bell Rock Billows—An Unexpected Visit—A Disaster and a Rescue.
1421CHAPTER ONE. Sleeping in Snow.
450CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Sleepless but a Pleasant Night.
1422CHAPTER TWO. The Winter Packet.
451CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Somewhat Statistical.
1423CHAPTER THREE. Deeper Desolation.
452CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Ruby has a Rise in Life, and a Fall.
1424CHAPTER FOUR. The Winter Journey.
453CHAPTER SIXTEEN. New Arrangements—The Captain’s Philosophy in Regard to Pipeology.
1425CHAPTER FIVE. The Wounded Man.
454CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. A Meeting with Old Friends, and an Excursion.
1426CHAPTER SIX. An Express and its Results.
455CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. The Battle of Arbroath, and Other Warlike Matters.
1427CHAPTER SEVEN. A Tremendous Storm and Other Experiences.
456CHAPTER NINETEEN. An Adventure—Secrets Revealed, and a Prize.
1428CHAPTER EIGHT. Deep in the Wilderness we find our Home which is Shared with the Wild Beast, the Wild Bird, and the Savage.
457CHAPTER TWENTY. The Smugglers are “Treated” to Gin and Astonishment.
1429CHAPTER NINE. A Bright Apparition—Followed by Rumours of War.
458CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. The Bell Rock Again—A Dreary Night in a Strange Habitation.
1430CHAPTER TEN. Salamander Gives and Receives a Surprise, and War is Averted by Wise Diplomacy.
459CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Life in the Beacon—Story of the Eddystone Lighthouse.
1431CHAPTER ELEVEN. Lumley on Duty—Fort Wichikagan begins to Grow.
460CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Storm.
1432CHAPTER TWELVE. A Narrow Escape—A Strange Meeting, and a Half-Revealed Mystery.
461CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Chapter of Accidents.
1433CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Fishing and its Results—Engineering and its Consequences.
462CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Bell Rock in a Fog—Narrow Escape of the Smeaton.
1434CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Arrival of Strange Indians.
463CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. A Sudden and Tremendous Change in Ruby’s Fortunes.
1435CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Catastrophe, a Letter, and a Surprise.
464CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Other Things Besides Murder “Will Out.”
1436CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Joys of Camping Out—Important Additions to the Establishment—Serious Matters and Winter Amusements.
465CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Lighthouse Completed—Ruby’s Escape from Trouble by a Desperate Venture.
1437CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Describes a Tremendous Visitation—A Feast—A Surprise—And an Attempt at Murder.
466CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. The Wreck.
1438CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. The Mysterious Packet—Friends depart, and Lumley is caught singing.
467CHAPTER THIRTY. Old Friends in New Circumstances.
1439CHAPTER NINETEEN. Opening of the Mysterious Packet.
468CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Midnight Chat in a Lantern.
1440CHAPTER TWENTY. I come out in a New Light, and have a very Narrow Escape.
469CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Everyday Life on the Bell Rock, and Old Memories Recalled.
1441CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. A Buffalo Hunt Followed by a Palaver, an Arrival, and a Traitor-Chase.
470CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. Conclusion.
1442CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The Chase, the Capture, and the Revelation.
471Fighting The Flames
1443CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Attacked by Bandits—A Sad Death and a Sudden Rescue.
472CHAPTER ONE. How the Fight Began.
1444CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Power of Sleep—Plans discussed and a Far Journey resolved on.
473CHAPTER TWO. Another Little “Spark.”
1445CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Tells of a Wonderful Meeting and a Frustrated Foe.
474CHAPTER THREE. Fire!!!
1446CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. One of the Difficulties of Correspondence enlarged on—Coming Events, etcetera.
475CHAPTER FOUR. A Fierce Fight With The Flames.
1447CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. A Peculiar Wedding and a Wonderful Walk.
476CHAPTER FIVE. Willie Willders in Difficulties.
1448CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Wilderness again—New Plans mooted—Treacherous Ice, and a Brave Rescue.
477CHAPTER SIX. “When one is another who is which?”
1449CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. The Last.
478CHAPTER SEVEN. Thoughts in regard to Men.
1450The Fugitives
479CHAPTER EIGHT. A Hidden Fire.
1451PREFACE.
480CHAPTER NINE. Auctions and Gymnastics.
1452CHAPTER ONE. Introduces the Chief Actors and a Few Mysteries.
481CHAPTER TEN. Difficulties and Dissipations.
1453CHAPTER TWO. Harks back a little.
482CHAPTER ELEVEN. Wonderful Plans.
1454CHAPTER THREE. Describes the Deed of an Amateur Matador and the Work of a Rough-and-Ready Shoemaker.
483CHAPTER TWELVE. A Little Domestic Chit-Chat.
1455CHAPTER FOUR. The Doctor finds Unexpected Work in the Wilderness, and a Mysterious Stranger is Introduced.
484CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Wild Doings and Daring Deeds.
1456CHAPTER FIVE. The Outlaw’s Friends. Threatened Danger curiously Averted.
485CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Joe Corney’s Adventure with Ghosts.
1457CHAPTER SIX. The Guide becomes Communicative, and tells of Terrible Doings.
486CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A New Phase of Life.
1458CHAPTER SEVEN. Describes a Meek Mother and Crocodile-Son. Journey Resumed and Strange Treatment of the King of the Waters.
487CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Willie in a New Light.
1459CHAPTER EIGHT. A Friend appears unexpectedly, and our Travellers spend a Disturbed Night.
488CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Home Life.
1460CHAPTER NINE. A Jovial Chief, and New Experiences of Various Kinds.
489CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Joe Corney’s Advice.
1461CHAPTER TEN. Tells of a Grand Hunt and Other Things.
490CHAPTER NINETEEN. Dark Plots are hatched.
1462CHAPTER ELEVEN. An Uninvited Guest appears with News that demands Instant Action.
491CHAPTER TWENTY. A little more Hatching.
1463CHAPTER TWELVE. A Narrow Escape and Threatening Clouds.
492CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. A Small Tea-Party.
1464CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Arrival at the Capital—Queen Ranavalona’s Troubles and Perplexities.
493CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. A Fireman’s Life.
1465CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Prime Minister lays Deep Plans—So does his Nephew—The Great Market-Place—A Friend in Deadly Peril, and our Three Heroes come to Grief.
494CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Mr James Auberly.
1466CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Spies and the Secret Meeting—The Prime Minister foiled by the Prince.
495CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Change in Fortune.
1467CHAPTER SIXTEEN. In Prison—Effects of a First Sight of Torture.
496CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Changes and Mysteries.
1468CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Mamba is Succoured by one of the “Ancient Soot,” and fulfils his Mysterious Mission.
497CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. What Drink will do.
1469CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Unexpected Deliverance and Several Surprises.
498CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. An Old Plot.
1470CHAPTER NINETEEN. A Malagasy Garden Party—The Cloud grows Blacker.
499CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. At the Post of Duty.
1471CHAPTER TWENTY. A Great Kabàry is held, followed by Dreadful Martyrdoms.
500CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Willie Willders in Difficulties.
1472CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Mamba, Subjected to the Ordeal of the “Tangena,” escapes, but afterwards accuses himself and is Condemned.
501CHAPTER THIRTY. The Best-Laid Plans.
1473CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The Court Physician prescribes for the Queen—A Blow-up, and Mysterious Preparations for Tremendous Surprises.
502CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. New Lights of Various Kinds.
1474CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. In which Mark carries out his Plans successfully, and powerfully astonishes himself as well as every one else.
503CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. The Fire in Tooley Street.
1475CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Flight and Pursuit of Ravonino and Rafaravavy.
504CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. The Last.
1476CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Forest Refuge—Voalavo is War-like, Ravonino Peaceful, and False Friends Dangerous.
505Silver Lake
1477CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Doctor Breezy prescribes for the Queen, and attains to Temporary and “Perfik F’licity.”
506CHAPTER ONE. The Hunters.
1478CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. In which a Happy Change for the Better is Disastrously Interrupted.
507CHAPTER TWO. The Starved Indian.
1479CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. In which Terrible but True Martyrdoms are Described.
508CHAPTER THREE. Preparations for a Feast.
1480CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Threatened Death Averted—Buried Alive—End of the Tyrant Queen—Revolt Crushed and Radama the Second Crowned.
509CHAPTER FOUR. Lost in the Snow.
1481CHAPTER THIRTY. The Last.
510CHAPTER FIVE. Carried Off.
1482Blue Lights
511CHAPTER SIX. The Camp, the Attack, and the Escape.
1483CHAPTER ONE. The False Step.
512CHAPTER SEVEN. The Encampment on Silver Lake.
1484CHAPTER TWO. Shows some of the Consequences of the False Step, and introduces the Reader to Peculiar Company.
513CHAPTER EIGHT. Hunting, and other Matters, on Silver Lake.
1485CHAPTER THREE. The “Sailors’ Welcome”—Miles has a Night of it and Enlists—His Friend Armstrong has an Agreeable Surprise at the Soldiers’ Institute.
514CHAPTER NINE. Fishing Extraordinary.
1486CHAPTER FOUR. The Embarkation Jetty—And Nipped in the Bud.
515CHAPTER TEN. Changes, Sliding, Fishing, Etcetera.
1487CHAPTER FIVE. Difficulties met and overcome.
516CHAPTER ELEVEN. A Change in the Weather—Rabbits and Bears Appear.
1488CHAPTER SIX. The Unfinished Letter—Too Late!
517CHAPTER TWELVE. Roy’s Dream.
1489CHAPTER SEVEN. Miles begins to discover himself—Has a few Rough Experiences—And falls into Pea-Soup, Salt-Water, and Love.
518CHAPTER THIRTEEN. “Shooskin’.”
1490CHAPTER EIGHT. Has Reference to many Things connected with Mind, Matter, and Affections.
519CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Journey Home Resumed and Interrupted.
1491CHAPTER NINE. Our Hero meets a Friend unexpectedly in Peculiar Circumstances, and has a very Strange Encounter.
520CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Massacre.
1492CHAPTER TEN. Off to the Wars.
521CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Vengeance.
1493CHAPTER ELEVEN. New and Sad mingled with Curious Experiences.
522CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Pursuit.
1494CHAPTER TWELVE. In Action at last.
523CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Interesting though Puzzling Discoveries.
1495CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Tells of some of the Trials, Uncertainties, Dangers, and Disasters of War.
524CHAPTER NINETEEN. Short Allowance, and a Surprise.
1496CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Describes some of Osman Digna’s Eccentricities and Other Matters.
525CHAPTER TWENTY. More Surprising Discoveries.
1497CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Athletics—A New Acquaintance turns up—An Expedition undertaken, followed by a Race for Life.
526CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. A Gladsome Meeting.
1498CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Letters from Home—Flynn is Exalted and brought Low—Rumours of War in the Air.
527CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. At Silver Lake once more.
1499CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Expedition—Enemy reported—Miles in a Dilemma.
528CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Happiest Meeting of All.
1500CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Wherein are described an Assault, a Furious Fight, and some Strange Personal Encounters.
529CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Conclusion.
1501CHAPTER NINETEEN. Refers to Sergeant Hardy, Amytoor-Lawyer Sutherland, and other Matters.
530Deep Down
1502CHAPTER TWENTY. Old Friends in New Aspects.
531CHAPTER ONE. Begins the Story with a Peculiar Meeting.
1503CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Shows how the Lady of the Institute discourses to the Sergeant, how Jack-Tars go out on the Spree, and how Music Conquers Warriors.
532CHAPTER TWO. Shows what Astonishing Results may follow from taking the Wrong Road.
1504CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Led into Captivity.
533CHAPTER THREE. Introduces a few more Characters and Homely Incidents.
1505CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Shows that Suffering tends to draw out Sympathy.
534CHAPTER FOUR. At Work under the Sea.
1506CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Adventures among the Soudanese, and Strange Meeting with the Mahdi.
535CHAPTER FIVE. Describes a Wreck and some of its Consequences.
1507CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Miles is promoted—Molloy overthrows the Mahdi, and is elevated for so doing.
536CHAPTER SIX. Treats of the Miner’s Cottage, Work, and Costume.
1508CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Cruel Treatment—Despair Followed by Hope and a Joyful Discovery.
537CHAPTER SEVEN. Tells of the Great Mine and of a Royal Dive under the Sea.
1509CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. In which Hopes and Fears rise and fall.
538CHAPTER EIGHT. Down, Down, Down.
1510CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. A Horrible Situation.
539CHAPTER NINE. Treats of Difficulties to be Overcome.
1511CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Describes a few Meetings and several Surprises.
540CHAPTER TEN. Shows how Maggot made a Desperate Venture, and what Flowed from it.
1512CHAPTER THIRTY. Conclusion.
541CHAPTER ELEVEN. Shows that Music hath Charms, and also that it sometimes has Disadvantages.
1513The Middy and the Moors
542CHAPTER TWELVE. In which Oliver gets “a Fall,” and sees some of the Shadows of the Miner’s Life.
1514CHAPTER ONE. The Hero is Blown away, Captured, Crushed, Comforted, and Astonished.
543CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Treats of Spirits and of Sundry Spirited Matters and Incidents.
1515CHAPTER TWO. Among Pirates—Enslaved.
544CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Continues to treat of Spirits, and shows the Value of Hospitality.
1516CHAPTER THREE. The Bagnio—Our Hero sees something of Misery, and is sold as a Slave.
545CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Introduces a Stranger, describes a Picnic, and reveals some Secrets of Mining.
1517CHAPTER FOUR. Our Middy is put to Work—Also put on his “word-of-Honour,” and receives a Great Shock of Surprise.
546CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Describes “Holing to a House of Water” and its Terrible Consequences.
1518CHAPTER FIVE. The Maiden’s Story—Peter the Great and the Middy go for a Holiday and see Awful Things.
547CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Touches on the Causes of Accidents: Oliver in a New Light and his Uncle in a sad one.
1519CHAPTER SIX. Our Hero sees the Moors in Several Aspects, and makes a Great Discovery.
548CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Tells of King Arthur and other more or less Fabulous Matters.
1520CHAPTER SEVEN. The Middy obtains a Decided Advance, and Makes Peter the Great his Confidant.
549CHAPTER NINETEEN. Small Talk and some Account of Cornish Fairies.
1521CHAPTER EIGHT. A Severe Trial—Secret Communication under Difficulties, and Sudden Flight.
550CHAPTER TWENTY. The Mine in the Sea.
1522CHAPTER NINE. Hester introduced to a New Home and New Friends under Peculiar Circumstances, and a New Name.
551CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Treats of Tin-Smelting and other Matters.
1523CHAPTER TEN. Torture is Applied in Vain, and True Love is not to be Deceived.
552CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Shows how Oliver and his Friend went to Newlyn and saw the Mackerel Market, and found some Difficulties and Mysteries Awaiting them there.
1524CHAPTER ELEVEN. Dangers, Vicissitudes, Escapes, New Surroundings, Hopes, And Fears.
553CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. In which is Recorded a Visit to an Infant-School; a Warning to a Thankless Old Gentleman; also a Storm, and a Sudden as well as Surprising End of a Mine, besides Dark Designs.
1525CHAPTER TWELVE. The Middy, becoming Defiant and Violent, comes to Grief, and Hester’s Black Friends devise Strange Things.
554CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Exhibits the Managing Director and the Secretary of Wheal Dooem in Confidential Circumstances, and Introduces the Subject of “Locals.”
1526CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Hester and her Father severely Tested.
555CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Shows the Miner in his Sunday Garb, and Astonishes Clearemout, besides Relating some Incidents of an Accident.
1527CHAPTER FOURTEEN. A Brave Dash for Life and Freedom.
556CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Tells of a Discovery and a Disaster.
1528CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Strange Visit, a Strange Commission, and a Strange Display of Temper.
557CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Indicates that “We little know what Great Things from Little Things may rise.”
1529CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Mysterious and Daring Deeds are Crowned with Success.
558CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Describes Setting-Day at the Mine, etcetera.
1530CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Last.
559CHAPTER TWENTY Nine. Details, among other Things, a Deed of Heroism.
1531The Eagle Cliff
560CHAPTER THIRTY. Reveals some Astonishing Facts and their Consequences.
1532CHAPTER ONE. Begins the Tale—Naturally.
561CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Describes a Marred Plot, and tells of Retributive Justice.
1533CHAPTER TWO. The Voyage Auspiciously Begun and Promptly Ended.
562CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Touches on Love and on Pilchard Fishing.
1534CHAPTER THREE. The Wreck is Followed by Repose, Refreshment, Surprise, and Disaster.
563CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. The Last.
1535CHAPTER FOUR. The Family at Kinlossie.
564Shifting Winds
1536CHAPTER FIVE. Plans, Prospects, and a Great Fight.
565CHAPTER ONE. The Cottage and its Inmates.
1537CHAPTER SIX. Dangerous Studies, Peculiar Art, and Splendid Fishing.
566CHAPTER TWO. Wrecked, Rescued, and Resuscitated—Mrs Niven receives a Surprise, also the Gift of a Child.
1538CHAPTER SEVEN. Amazing Deeds and Misdeeds at a Deer-Drive.
567CHAPTER THREE. The Cottage at Cove invaded—Dan Horsey speaks “Toorko” to Russians, and fails to enlighten them.
1539CHAPTER EIGHT. Jackman’s Wonderful Elephant Story.
568CHAPTER FOUR. The Rescue.
1540CHAPTER NINE. A Quiet Day with a Stirring Termination.
569CHAPTER FIVE. The Breakfast Party at Seaside Villa.
1541CHAPTER TEN. A Wildish Chapter.
570CHAPTER SIX. Kenneth indulges in Suspicions and Surmises.
1542CHAPTER ELEVEN. Peculiar Incidents of a Sabbath among the Western Isles.
571CHAPTER SEVEN. Lizzie Gordon is run away with, and Gaff is “pumped”.
1543CHAPTER TWELVE. Stirring Events of more Kinds than One.
572CHAPTER EIGHT. Dan Horsey does the Agreeable in the Kitchen.
1544CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Chapter of Catastrophes.
573CHAPTER NINE. The Sailors’ Home and the Mad Skipper.
1545CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Suspicions, Revelations, and other Matters.
574CHAPTER TEN. The Dinner in the Restaurant—Haco meets an Old Friend and becomes Communicative.
1546CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Elephants Again—Followed by Something More Awful.
575CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Writing of the “Hambigoo-ous” Letter.
1547CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Two Fires Subdued.
576CHAPTER TWELVE. The Bu’ster wills to accomplish Mischief, and gets into Trouble.
1548CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Conclusion.
577CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Storm, and its Consequences.
1549The Crew of the Water Wagtail
578CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Gaff and Billy become the Sport of Fortune, and see Strange Things.
1550CHAPTER ONE. A Rough Beginning.
579CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Dinner Party—A Sudden Piece of Questionable Good Fortune befalls Mrs Gaff.
1551CHAPTER TWO. The Adventurers Land on the Island.
580CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Jack Tar before and after the Institution of the S.F.M.S.
1552CHAPTER THREE. First Experiences on the Island.
581CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Mrs Gaff endeavours fruitlessly to understand the Nature of Cash, Principal, and Interest.
1553CHAPTER FOUR. Strange Visitors—Dark Plots—And Evil Purposes.
582CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Mrs Gaff becomes a Woman of Business, and finds it awfully Hard Work.
1554CHAPTER FIVE. Turned Adrift in a Foreign Land.
583CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Open Boat on the Pacific—Gaff And Billy in Dreadful Circumstances—A Message from the Sea, and a Madman’s Death.
1555CHAPTER SIX. Difficulties met and Overcome.
584CHAPTER TWENTY. The Voyage of the Bottle.
1556CHAPTER SEVEN. They Begin their Travels in Earnest.
585CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. The Fortunes of Gaff and Billy continued.
1557CHAPTER EIGHT. Beautiful Scenes and Strange Experiences.
586CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The Island-Home Examined.
1558CHAPTER NINE. Their New Acquaintance Becomes Interested and Practical.
587CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Relating to Improvements in the Hut, and Mrs Gaff’s Perplexities.
1559CHAPTER TEN. Olly’s First Salmon and Hendrick’s Home.
588CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Miss Peppy undertakes a Journey.
1560CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Hunter’s Home.
589CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Perplexities and Musical Charms.
1561CHAPTER TWELVE. A Surprise, a Fight, and a War Party.
590CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Mad Haco startled at last.
1562CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Unlooked-for Interruptions and Difficulties.
591CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Plot and Counterplot, ending in a Long Chase.
1563CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Tells of a Tremendous Storm and a Strange Shelter, etcetera.
592CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Plotters Counterplotted.
1564CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Grummidge asserts himself—Great Discoveries are made and the Crew flits.
593CHAPTER TWENTY Nine. Dreadful Suspicions aroused in Anxious Bosoms.
1565CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A Giant Discovered—New Home At Wagtail Bay—A Strange Addition to the Settlement.
594CHAPTER THIRTY. Strange Scenes and Doings far away.
1566CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Has Reference to Food and a Great Fight.
595CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Delivered, Wrecked, and Rescued.
1567CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Tells of Death and Disaster.
596CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Home Again.
1568CHAPTER NINETEEN. A New Friend with Startling News.
597CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. The Sailors’ Home and the New Secretary.
1569CHAPTER TWENTY. The Rescue Party—A Rencontre and Bad News.
598CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR. Failures and Hopes Deferred, and Consequences.
1570CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Old Friends in a Sad Plight.
599CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE. Conclusion.
1571CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Tells of Terrible Suspense—Violent Intentions and Religious Discussion.
600Hunting the Lions
1572CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Deliverance.
601CHAPTER ONE. Begins to Unfold the Tale of the Lions by Describing the Lion of the Tale.
1573CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Last.
602CHAPTER TWO. Sport Begins in Earnest.
1574PREFACE
603CHAPTER THREE. In which Great Deeds are Done, and Tom Brown has a Narrow Escape.
1575CHAPTER I. THE PLAY COMMENCES.
604CHAPTER FOUR. Tom Sees Wonderful Sights, and at last has his Dreams Fulfilled.
1576CHAPTER II. THE HAVEN IN THE CORAL RING.
605CHAPTER FIVE. More about Lions!
1577CHAPTER III. INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF VARIOUS KINDS.
606CHAPTER SIX. Gives a Few Hints to Would-be Hunters, and a Friend in Need is Introduced.
1578CHAPTER IV NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCES.
607CHAPTER SEVEN. Describes River Hunting.
1579CHAPTER V. CAPTAIN ROY SURPRISES AND GRATIFIES HIS SON, WHO SURPRISES A NEGRO, AND SUDDENLY FORMS AN ASTONISHING RESOLVE.
608CHAPTER EIGHT. Shows that too High a Price is Sometimes Paid for Success in Hunting.
1580CHAPTER VI. THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED.
609CHAPTER NINE. The Last.
1581CHAPTER VII. WONDERS OF THE HERMIT'S CAVE AND ISLAND.
610Over the Rocky Mountains
1582CHAPTER VIII. PERBOEWATAN BECOMES MODERATELY VIOLENT.
611PREFACE
1583CHAPTER IX. DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SINGULAR MEETING UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
612CHAPTER ONE. Describes Home-Coming, and shows that Matters whispered in the Drawing-Room are sometimes loudly proclaimed Below-Stairs.
1584CHAPTER X. A CURIOUS SEA-GOING CRAFT—THE UNKNOWN VOYAGE BEGUN.
613CHAPTER TWO. Describes a Burst over the Western Prairie, and introduces a New Character, also a Hunt, and a Great Feast.
1585CHAPTER XI. CANOEING ON THE SEA—A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT-SURPRISE AND SUDDEN FLIGHT.
614CHAPTER THREE. Relates how Big Ben became a Travelling Companion, and how a Big Bear was Captured—Discussions and Misfortunes.
1586CHAPTER XII. WEATHERING A STORM IN THE OPEN SEA.
615CHAPTER FOUR. Shows that the Tables are turned, and that Good and Bad Fortune continue to Commingle.
1587CHAPTER XIII. FRIENDS ARE MET WITH, ALSO PIRATES, AND A LIFE-OR-DEATH PADDLE ENSUES.
616CHAPTER FIVE. Describes a Quiet Nook, and shows how Larry came by a Double Loss, besides telling of Wonderful Discoveries of more Kinds than One.
1588CHAPTER XIV. A NEW FRIEND FOUND—NEW DANGERS ENCOUNTERED AND HEW HOPES DELAYED.
617CHAPTER SIX. In which Will makes a Retrograde Movement, and things come to a Pretty Pass—A Sudden and Decisive Step.
1589CHAPTER XV. HUNTING THE GREAT MAN-MONKEY.
618CHAPTER SEVEN. Rambling Reminiscences of Absent Friends, and a Happy Termination.
1590CHAPTER XVI. BEGINS WITH A TERRIBLE FIGHT AND ENDS WITH A HASTY FLIGHT.
619Saved by the Lifeboat
1591CHAPTER XVII. TELLS OF THE JOYS, ETC., OF THE PROFESSOR IN THE SUMATRAN FORESTS, ALSO OF A CATASTROPHE AVERTED.
620CHAPTER ONE. The Wreck in the Bay.
1592CHAPTER XVIII. A TRYING ORDEAL—DANGER THREATENS AND FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON.
621CHAPTER TWO. Describes a merchant and his god, and concludes with “a message from the sea.”
1593CHAPTER XIX. A TERRIBLE MURDER AND A STRANGE REVELATION.
622CHAPTER THREE. Shows what some men will do and dare for money, and what sometimes comes of it.
1594CHAPTER XX. NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES—UNDERTAKES A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
623CHAPTER FOUR. The Rescue.
1595CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF.
624CHAPTER FIVE. Things become shaky, so does Mr Webster, and the Results are an Illness and a Voyage.
1596CHAPTER XXII. A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED.
625CHAPTER SIX. Describes the Presentation of a New Lifeboat to Covelly, and treats of The Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
1597CHAPTER XXIII. TELLS OF VOLCANIC FIRES AND A STRANGE RETURN "HOME."
626CHAPTER SEVEN. The Storm and the Wreck.
1598CHAPTER XXIV. AN AWFUL NIGHT AND TERRIBLE MORNING.
627CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion.
1599CHAPTER XXV. ADVENTURES OF THE "SUNSHINE" AND AN UNEXPECTED REUNION.
628Erling the Bold
1600CHAPTER XXVI. A CLIMAX.
629CHAPTER ONE. In Which the Tale Begins Somewhat Furiously.
1601CHAPTER XXVII. "BLOWN TO BITS."
630CHAPTER TWO. Introduces, among others, the Hero and Heroine, and opens up a View of Norse Life in the Olden Time.
1602CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FATE OF THE "SUNSHINE."
631CHAPTER THREE. Shows how Chief Friends may become Foes, And Cross-Purposes may Produce Cross Consequences, involving Worry and Confusion.
1603CHAPTER XXIX. TELLS CHIEFLY OF THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THIS ERUPTION ON THE WOULD AT LARGE.
632CHAPTER FOUR. Describes Warlike Preparations, and a Norse Hall in the Olden Time—Tells also of a Surprise.
1604CHAPTER XXX. COMING EVENTS, ETC.—WONDERFUL CHANGES AMONG THE ISLANDS.
633CHAPTER FIVE. The Viking Raid—Alric’s Adventure with the Dane—Erling’s Cutter, and the Battle in the Pass.
1605CHAPTER XXXI. ENDS WITH A STRUGGLE BETWEEN INCLINATION AND DUTY.
634CHAPTER SIX. Evening in the Hall—The Scald tells of Gundalf’s Wooing—The Feast Interrupted and the War Clouds Thicken.
1606CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST.
635CHAPTER SEVEN. The Tale Returns to the Springs—Describes a Great Land Fight, and Tells of a Peculiar Style of Extending Mercy to the Vanquished.
1607The Garret and the Garden
636CHAPTER EIGHT. Tells of Discussions and Exciting Deeds at Ulfstede.
1608CHAPTER ONE. Sudden Friendships.
637CHAPTER NINE. Shows how the Ancient Sea-Kings transacted National Business.
1609CHAPTER TWO. Flowers in the Desert.
638CHAPTER TEN. Proves that the Best of Friends may quarrel about nothing, and that War has two Aspects.
1610CHAPTER THREE. A Visitor from the North.
639CHAPTER ELEVEN. Describes our Hero’s Interview with Jarl Rongvold and King Harald Haarfager.
1611CHAPTER FOUR. Dangers Threaten.
640CHAPTER TWELVE. Describes a Terrific and Unequal Combat.
1612CHAPTER FIVE. A Night of Adventures.
641CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Shows that Eloquence does not always flow when it is expected, and that Glumm begins a New Course of Action.
1613CHAPTER SIX. Enemies Turned to Friends.
642CHAPTER FOURTEEN. In which Alric boasts a little, discovers Secrets, confesses a little, and distinguishes himself greatly.
1614CHAPTER SEVEN. Mischief Brewing.
643CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Treats of Ancient Diplomacy among the Norsemen, and shows how our Hero turns the Tables on a would-be Assassin.
1615CHAPTER EIGHT. Dark Designs.
644CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Relates to such Elementary Matters as the A B C, and touches on Love-making in the Olden Time.
1616CHAPTER NINE. The Plot Thickens.
645CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. In which Glumm takes to hunting on the Mountains for Consolation, and finds it unexpectedly, while Alric proves himself a Hero.
1617CHAPTER TEN. Detective Doings.
646CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Shows what some of the Men of Old could do in Cold Blood, and treats of Heathen Festivities at Harald’s Court, mingled with Plot and Counter Plot.
1618CHAPTER ELEVEN. Pumping and Squeezing—The Garret Class, Etcetera.
647CHAPTER NINETEEN. Tells something of the Doings of Solve Klofe and Others, and treats of a few of the Marvellous Adventures of Guttorm Stoutheart.
1619CHAPTER TWELVE. Through Fire and Smoke to Felicity.
648CHAPTER TWENTY. In which the Sky again becomes Overcast—The War-token is sent out—Alric gets a Surprise, and a Berserk catches a Tartar.
1620CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Last.
649CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Glumm gains a Great Private Victory—The Dalesmen assemble to fight for Freedom—The Foe appears, and the Signal of Battle is sounded.
1621Jeff Benson
650CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Describes a Great Sea Fight and its Consequences.
1622CHAPTER ONE. Our Hero Introduced with some of his Friends.
651CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The End of an Old Sea-King.
1623CHAPTER TWO. A Sea-Captain Relates his Adventures, and Refuses to Draw Morals.
652CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Hopes and Fears—The Burning of Haldorstede, and Escape of the Family.
1624CHAPTER THREE. Our Coastguardsman Meets with a Serious but very Common Fall.
653CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. In which is Described a Desperate Attempt at Rescue, a Bold Leap for Freedom, and a Triumphant Escape.
1625CHAPTER FOUR. A Wreck and Rescue.
654The Battle and the Breeze
1626CHAPTER FIVE. Miss Millet Receives a Surprise, Rosebud a Disappointment, and our Hero Another Blow.
655CHAPTER ONE. Touches on our Hero’s Early Life, Experiences, and Adventures.
1627CHAPTER SIX. Good News to the Captain—Also to Jeff.
656CHAPTER TWO. Commences the Story.
1628CHAPTER SEVEN. An Unquiet, Adventurous Morning in the Shell-Cave.
657CHAPTER THREE. Bill is Initiated into the Duties of his new Station.
1629CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion of the Whole Matter.
658CHAPTER FOUR. Our Hero and his Friends see Service.
1630Charlie to the Rescue
659CHAPTER FIVE. Nelson Hunts the French.
1631CHAPTER ONE. Introduces the Hero.
660CHAPTER SIX. The Battle of the Nile.
1632CHAPTER TWO. The Shipwreck.
661CHAPTER SEVEN. Battle of the Nile—continued.
1633CHAPTER THREE. “It’s an Ill Wind that Blaws Naebody Guid.”
662CHAPTER EIGHT. Our Hero and his Messmate get into Trouble.
1634CHAPTER FOUR. Drifting on the Rocks.
663CHAPTER NINE. Bill and Ben set their Brains to Steep with Unconquerable Perseverance.
1635CHAPTER FIVE. All Things to All Men.
664The Cannibal Islands
1636CHAPTER SIX. Disaster, Starvation, and Death.
665CHAPTER ONE. A Hero who rose from the Ranks.
1637CHAPTER SEVEN. Adrift on the Sea.
666CHAPTER TWO. Shows what Men will do and dare in the Cause of Science.
1638CHAPTER EIGHT. Ingratitude.
667CHAPTER THREE. Describes an Adventure in the Mountains, and tells of Tierra Del Fuego.
1639CHAPTER NINE. Shank Reveals Something More of his Character.
668CHAPTER FOUR. Explains how Coral Islands are made.
1640CHAPTER TEN. Home-coming and Unexpected Surprises.
669CHAPTER FIVE. Discovery by Captain Wallis of Otaheite or Tahiti.
1641CHAPTER ELEVEN. Tells of Happy Meetings and Serious Consultations.
670CHAPTER SIX. Captain Cook’s Visit to Tahiti.
1642CHAPTER TWELVE. Changes the Scene Considerably!
671CHAPTER SEVEN. Shows what Vanity will induce Men and Women to do.
1643CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Hunky Ben is Sorely Perplexed.
672CHAPTER EIGHT. Treats of Savage Warfare and some of its Consequences.
1644CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Haunt of the Outlaws.
673CHAPTER NINE. Touches on Cannibalism.
1645CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Lost and Found.
674CHAPTER TEN. Visit to New Zealand.
1646CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Friends and Foes—Plots and Counterplots—The Ranch in Danger.
675CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Last Voyage and Sad End of the Great Discoverer.
1647CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Alarm and Preparations for Defence.
676Lost in the Forest
1648CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Defence of the Ranch of Roaring Bull.
677CHAPTER ONE. At Sea—An Alarming Cry and a Rescue.
1649CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Rescue and its Consequences.
678CHAPTER TWO. Describes a Mutiny, and shows that the Best of Friends may part sooner than they expect.
1650CHAPTER TWENTY. Jake The Flint In Difficulties.
679CHAPTER THREE. Describes a Tremendous but Bloodless Fight.
1651CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Tells of a Cruel Deed, and Shows How Mysteriously Hunky Ben Behaved.
680CHAPTER FOUR. In which Another Fight is recorded and an Escape is made, but whether Fortunate or the Reverse Remains to be seen.
1652CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The Cave of the Outlaws Invaded by Ghosts and US Troops.
681CHAPTER FIVE. Shows what the Lost Ones did, and how they were Found.
1653CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Troops Outwitted by the Scout and his Friends.
682CHAPTER SIX. Bunco becomes a Friend in Need and indeed, and Larry “comes to Grief” in a Small Way.
1654CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Meeting of Old Friends in Curious Circumstances.
683CHAPTER SEVEN. Wherein are recounted Dangers, Difficulties, and Perplexities faced and Overcome.
1655CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Shows how the Seaman was sent on a Delicate Mission and how he Fared.
684CHAPTER EIGHT. In which Bunco displays Uncommon Valour, and Tigers come to Grief.
1656CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Treats of Various Interesting Matters, and Tells of News from Home.
685CHAPTER NINE. Describes a Surgical Operation, and records the Deliberations of a Council.
1657CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Hunky Ben and Charlie get Beyond their Depth, and Buck Tom gets Beyond Recall.
686CHAPTER TEN. Hunting in the Wilds of Ecuador.
1658CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Chase, Capture, and End of Jake the Flint.
687CHAPTER ELEVEN. Wandering Will travels, finds his Profession Profitable, and sees a Good Deal of Life in New Forms.
1659CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. They Return to the Ranch of Roaring Bull, where Something Serious Happens to Dick Darvall.
688CHAPTER TWELVE. In which Terrible Things are treated of—The Andes are crossed, the Orinoco descended and the Book ended.
1660CHAPTER THIRTY. Changes the Scene Somewhat Violently, and Shows our Hero in a New Light.
689Digging for Gold
1661CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Failure and a New Scent.
690CHAPTER ONE. Adventures in California. Begins with Differences of Opinion.
1662CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Success and Future Plans.
691CHAPTER TWO. Frank discusses his Prospects with a Friend.
1663CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. Sweetwater Bluff.
692CHAPTER THREE. A Visit to the Diggings resolved on. Terrible Commencement of the Journey.
1664CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR. The Last.
693CHAPTER FOUR. Describes an Incident of Devouring Interest, an Unexpected Visit, and a Violent Assault.
1665STORY 1
694CHAPTER FIVE. The Travellers meet with Indians, and are led to wish that they had not gone seeking for Gold.
1666CHAPTER 1.
695CHAPTER SIX. Arrival at the Gold-Fields, and Lessons in Gold-Washing received.
1667CHAPTER 2.
696CHAPTER SEVEN. Gives the Result of the First Day’s Digging, and shows the Powerful Effect of Lynch-Law.
1668CHAPTER 3.
697CHAPTER EIGHT. Frank and Joe take to Wandering; See some Wonderful Things, and have a Narrow Escape.
1669CHAPTER 4.
698CHAPTER NINE. Conclusion.
1670CHAPTER 5.
699Sunk at Sea
1671CHAPTER 6.
700CHAPTER ONE. Treats of Our Hero’s Early Life, and Touches on Domestic Matters.
1672CHAPTER 7.
701CHAPTER TWO. Records a Sudden Departure, and Maryann’s Opinion Thereon.
1673CHAPTER 8.
702CHAPTER THREE. Tells of the Sea, and some of the Mysteries Connected Therewith.
1674CHAPTER 9.
703CHAPTER FOUR. A Storm and its Consequences.
1675CHAPTER 10.
704CHAPTER FIVE. Adrift on the Wide Ocean.
1676CHAPTER 11.
705CHAPTER SIX. Describes a Boat Voyage, and Touches on Coral Islands.
1677CHAPTER 12.
706CHAPTER SEVEN. Hopes, Fears, and Prospects on the Coral Island.
1678STORY 2: CHAPTER 1.
707CHAPTER EIGHT. In which our Hero Suggests a Plan which gets the Party out of one Difficulty but Plunges them into Another.
1679STORY 3
708CHAPTER NINE. Contains an Account of the Desperate Circumstances of the Prisoners.
1680CHAPTER 1.
709CHAPTER TEN. Our Hero and his Comrades in Distress Become Savage Warriors for the Nonce.
1681CHAPTER 2.
710CHAPTER ELEVEN. A Fight, which Results in a Mistake and a Hasty Flight.
1682CHAPTER 3.
711CHAPTER TWELVE. Shows how South Sea Missionaries do their Work, and that if the Whites can Surprise the Natives the Latter can Sometimes Astonish the Whites!
1683The Buffalo Runners
712CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Remarkable Changes For The Better.
1684CHAPTER ONE. Help!
713CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Contains more than one Surprise, and Touches on “Love’s Young Dream.”
1685CHAPTER TWO. A Lazy Couple described—and roused.
714The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands
1686CHAPTER THREE. To the Rescue.
715PREFACE.
1687CHAPTER FOUR. Tells of Love, Duty, Starvation, and Murder.
716CHAPTER ONE. Particular Inquiries.
1688CHAPTER FIVE. Saved.
717CHAPTER TWO. The Floating Light Becomes the Scene of Floating Surmises and Vague Suspicions.
1689CHAPTER SIX. Discord and Deceit, Etcetera.
718CHAPTER THREE. A Disturbed Night; a Wreck and an Unexpected Rescue.
1690CHAPTER SEVEN. Vixen Delivered and Wolves Defeated.
719CHAPTER FOUR. A New Character Introduced.
1691CHAPTER EIGHT. Stirring Events Described.
720CHAPTER FIVE. More New Characters Introduced.
1692CHAPTER NINE. Old Peg.
721CHAPTER SIX. The Tempter and the Tempted.
1693CHAPTER TEN. Archie and Little Bill do Wonders.
722CHAPTER SEVEN. Treats of Queeker and Others—also of Youthful Jealousy, Love, Poetry, and Confusion of Ideas.
1694CHAPTER ELEVEN. Shows some of the Troubles of Pioneer Colonists.
723CHAPTER EIGHT. The Sloop Nora—Mr Jones Becomes Communicative, and Billy Towler, for the First Time in his Life, Thoughtful.
1695CHAPTER TWELVE. Round the Camp-Fires.
724CHAPTER NINE. Mr Jones Takes Strong Measures to Secure his Ends, and Introduces Billy and his Friends to some New Scenes and Moments.
1696CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Difficulties of Various Kinds overcome.
725CHAPTER TEN. Treats of Tender Subjects of a Peculiar Kind, and Shows how Billy Towler got into Scrapes and out of Them.
1697CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Treachery in the Air.
726CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Ancient Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond.
1698CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Friend in Need is a Friend indeed.
727CHAPTER TWELVE. Strange Sights and Scenes on Land and Sea.
1699CHAPTER SIXTEEN. An Evening in the Camp.
728CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Bob Queeker Comes out Very Strong Indeed.
1700CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Buffalo-Hunt.
729CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Lamplighter at Home, and Threatening Appearances.
1701CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Adventures of Archie and the Seaman.
730CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Night of Wreck and Disaster—The Gull “Comes to Grief.”
1702CHAPTER NINETEEN. Bright Hopes terminate in Furious War.
731CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Getting Ready for Action.
1703CHAPTER TWENTY. Little Bill becomes a Difficulty.
732CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Battle.
1704CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. An Auspicious Beginning and Suspicious Ending.
733CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Shows that there are no Effects without Adequate Causes.
1705CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Circumventing the Red-Skins.
734CHAPTER NINETEEN. Confidences and Cross Purposes.
1706CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. A Midnight Chase, and Dan in Extremity.
735CHAPTER TWENTY. Mysterious Doings.
1707CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Desperate Situation.
736CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. On the Scent.
1708CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Adventures of Fergus and his Friends.
737CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Mr Jones is Outwitted, and Nora is left Desolate.
1709CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Home-Coming and Bargaining.
738CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Tells of an Unlooked-for Return, and Describes a Great Feast.
1710CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Visit from Sioux brought to a disastrous Close.
739CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Conclusion.
1711CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Very Perplexing Interviews with Little Bill.
740The Iron Horse
1712CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. The Fishery Disasters.
741CHAPTER ONE. Treats of the Engine-Driver’s House and Household.
1713CHAPTER THIRTY. The Trial for Murder.
742CHAPTER TWO. The Driver Visits a Little Elderly Gentlewoman and Prepares the Iron Horse for Action.
1714CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Retribution.
743CHAPTER THREE. In which the Widow holds Converse with a Captain, makes the Acquaintance of a Young Man, and receives a Telegraphic Shock, which ends in a Railway Journey.
1715CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Suffering and its Results.
744CHAPTER FOUR. A Double Dilemma and its Consequences.
1716CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. Matrimonial Plans and Prospects.
745CHAPTER FIVE. An Accident and its Consequences.
1717CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR. A New Disaster.
746CHAPTER SIX. History of the Iron Horse.
1718CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE. The Last.
747CHAPTER SEVEN. Little Gertie comes out in a New Light, and Bob Receives Good News.
1719The Hot Swamp
748CHAPTER EIGHT. Mrs Marrot and Bob Visit the Great Clatterby “Works.”
1720CHAPTER ONE. Opens with Leave-Taking.
749CHAPTER NINE. Concerning Domestic Economy and Difficulties—Surprises and Explanations.
1721CHAPTER TWO. Temporary Delay through Elements and Pirates.
750CHAPTER TEN. Sharp Practice.
1722CHAPTER THREE. On the Voyage.
751CHAPTER ELEVEN. Sharp Practice—Continued.
1723CHAPTER FOUR. The Storm and Wreck.
752CHAPTER TWELVE. Loo’s Garden.
1724CHAPTER FIVE. After the Wreck.
753CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Treats of Railway Literature, Sleepy Porters, Crowded Platforms, Foolish Passengers, Dark Plotters, Lively Shawls, and Other Matters.
1725CHAPTER SIX. First Anxieties and Troubles.
754CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Which is too Full of Varied Matter to be Briefly Described.
1726CHAPTER SEVEN. Converse and Adventures by the Way.
755CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Treats of Mrs Durby’s Lost Parcel in Particular, and of Lost-Luggage in General.
1727CHAPTER EIGHT. Discovery and Flight.
756CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Describes Engineering Difficulties, a Perplexing Case, and a Harmonious Meeting.
1728CHAPTER NINE. Homecoming.
757CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Gertie is Mysteriously cared for—Sam Natly Dines under Difficulties in Connexion with the Block System.
1729CHAPTER TEN. The Sports.
758CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. A Soirée Wildly Interrupted, and Followed up by Surprising Revelations.
1730CHAPTER ELEVEN. A Notable Duel Followed by Changes and Plots.
759CHAPTER NINETEEN. A Run-away Locomotive.
1731CHAPTER TWELVE. Plots and Plans.
760CHAPTER TWENTY. A Nest “Harried.”
1732CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Mother and Son.
761CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. The Diamond Ring and the Railway Clearing-House.
1733CHAPTER FOURTEEN. A Terrible Calamity.
762CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Mrs Tipps goes on a Journey, and meets a Gentleman who, with much Assurance, comments freely on Insurance.
1734CHAPTER FIFTEEN. An Eavesdropper in the Cave.
763CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Details a Terrible Accident.
1735CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Adventures in the Forests.
764CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Results of the Accident.
1736CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Branwen in Imminent Danger.
765CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Last.
1737CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. The Prince Undertakes Strange Work.
766The Norsemen in the West
1738CHAPTER NINETEEN. Prince Bladud takes Possession of his Estate and Begins Business.
767CHAPTER ONE. The Curtain Rises and the Play Begins.
1739CHAPTER TWENTY. A Strange Abode and a Wild Visitor.
768CHAPTER TWO. Strong Emotions are Succeeded by Supper, and Followed by Discussions on Discovery, which End in a Wild Alarm!
1740CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. A Strange Encounter and a Friend in Need.
769CHAPTER THREE. Dark War-Clouds Lower, but Clear away without a Shower—Voices and Legs do Good Service.
1741CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The Pigs’ Cure.
770CHAPTER FOUR. Important Events Transpire, which end in a Voyage of Discovery.
1742CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. In which very Perplexing Events Occur.
771CHAPTER FIVE. Freydissa Shows Her Temper and a Whale Checks it—Poetical and Other Touches.
1743CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Describes an Ardent Search.
772CHAPTER SIX. Changes in Wind and Weather Produce Changes in Temper and Feeling—Land Discovered, and Freydissa Becomes Inquisitive.
1744CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. More Secrets and Surprises.
773CHAPTER SEVEN. Songs and Sagas—Vinland at Last!
1745CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Further Searchings and Perplexities.
774CHAPTER EIGHT. A Chapter of Incidents and Exploration, in which a Bear and a Whale Play Prominent Parts.
1746CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Cross Purposes and Complications.
775CHAPTER NINE. The First Night in Vinland.
1747CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Enemies, Friends, Scouts, Skirmishes, and Councils of War.
776CHAPTER TEN. Taking Possession of the New Home, an Event which is Celebrated by an Explosion and a Reconciliation.
1748CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. The Battle of the Springs.
777CHAPTER ELEVEN. Settling Down—Hake Proves that his Arms, as well as his Legs, are Good—A Wonderful Fishing Incident, which Ends in a Scene Between Freydissa and Krake.
1749CHAPTER THIRTY. Small Beginnings of Future Great Things.
778CHAPTER TWELVE. Sage Converse Between Hake And Bertha—Biarne Is Outwitted—A Monster is Slain, and Savages Appear on the Scene.
1750CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. More Plots and Plans.
779CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Great but Comparatively Bloodless Fight, Which Ends Peculiarly, and with Singular Results.
1751CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Branwen Visits Gunrig.
780CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The First American Fur Traders—Strange Devices—Anxious Times and Pleasant Discoveries.
1752CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. The Hebrew’s Mission.
781CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Greenland Again—Flatface Turns up, Also Thorward, who Becomes Eloquent and Secures Recruits for Vinland.
1753CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR. Bladud’s Return and Trials.
782CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Joyful Meetings and Hearty Greetings.
1754CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE. The Plot Thickens.
783CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Treats of the Friendship and Adventures of Olaf and Snorro, and of Sundry Surprising Incidents.
1755CHAPTER THIRTY SIX. The Dénouement.
784CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Anxious Times—A Search Organised and Vigorously Carried Out.
1756CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN. The Last.
785CHAPTER NINETEEN. New Experiences—Difficulties Encountered and Overcome—Thorward and Tyrker Make a Joint Effort, with Humbling Results.
1757Hunted and Harried
786CHAPTER TWENTY. Remarkable Experiences of Olaf and Snorro—The Former Suffers the Pangs of Remorse.
1758CHAPTER ONE. On the Hunt.
787CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Reinforcements Sent off to Karlsefin—Foes Discovered in the Woods—A Night Attack, and other Warlike Matters.
1759CHAPTER TWO. The “Fanatic” and the “Spy.”
788CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Hake Makes a Bold Venture, but does not Win—The Norsemen Find that There is Many a Slip ’twixt the Cup and the lip.
1760CHAPTER THREE. The True and the False at Work.
789CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Difficulties Regarding Intercommunication—The Power of Finery Displayed—Also the Power of Song and Sentiment.
1761CHAPTER FOUR. The Hunting and Harrying Displayed.
790CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Burning on the Fortress—A Threatened Fight Ends in a Feast, Which Leads to Friendship—Happy Reunion and Proposed Desertion.
1762CHAPTER FIVE. Risks and Refuges.
791CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The First Congress and the Last Farewell.
1763CHAPTER SIX. Tells of Overwhelming Reverses.
792CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Changes in Brattalid—The Scots Continue to Plot and Plan.
1764CHAPTER SEVEN. More than one Narrow Escape.
793CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Disappointment Terminates in Unlooked-for Success, and the Saga Comes to an End.
1765CHAPTER EIGHT. Bothwell Bridge.
794The Pioneers
1766CHAPTER NINE. Among the Tombs.
795PREFACE.
1767CHAPTER TEN. Fiercer and Fiercer.
796CHAPTER ONE. Shows how it began.
1768CHAPTER ELEVEN. Coming Events Cast Shadows.
797CHAPTER TWO. Terrible Discoveries and Altered Plans.
1769CHAPTER TWELVE. The Darkest Hour before the Dawn.
798CHAPTER THREE. Introduces the King of Pioneers.
1770The Walrus Hunters
799CHAPTER FOUR. Vicissitudes of the Voyage—Indians Met with, etcetera.
1771CHAPTER ONE. A Surprise, a Combat, and a Feed.
800CHAPTER FIVE. Describes a Literal Wild-Goose Chase and Other Matters.
1772CHAPTER TWO. Waruskeek.
801CHAPTER SIX. Indians met with, and the Mouth of the Great River Reached.
1773CHAPTER THREE. Peace or War—Which?
802CHAPTER SEVEN. A Voyage of Discovery to the Far West Planned and Begun.
1774CHAPTER FOUR. War Prevails.
803CHAPTER EIGHT. Difficulties and Dangers Faced and Overcome.
1775CHAPTER FIVE. A Rencontre and Flight.
804CHAPTER NINE. Deeper and Deeper into the Unknown Wilderness.
1776CHAPTER SIX. A Surprise, a Struggle, and a Capture.
805CHAPTER TEN. The Last.
1777CHAPTER SEVEN. Flight and Misfortune.
806CHAPTER ELEVEN. Extract of Letter Referred to on Page 85.
1778CHAPTER EIGHT. In the Hour of Need.
807Black Ivory
1779CHAPTER NINE. Trying Moments and Perplexing Doubts.
808PREFACE.
1780CHAPTER TEN. A Wild Chase and a Bad Failure.
809CHAPTER ONE. Shows that a Good Beginning may Sometimes be Followed by a Bad Ending.
1781CHAPTER ELEVEN. Encamped on the Islet.
810CHAPTER TWO. Yoosoof’s “Black Ivory.”
1782CHAPTER TWELVE. Home—Sweet Home—and Smoke, etcetera.
811CHAPTER THREE. Relates the Further Adventures of Harold and Disco, and Lifts the Curtain a Little Higher in Regard to the Slave-Trade.
1783CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Doings in Waruskeek.
812CHAPTER FOUR. In Which Our Heroes See Strange Sights at Zanzibar, and Resolve Upon Taking a Bold Step.
1784CHAPTER FOURTEEN. In the Wild-Woods Again.
813CHAPTER FIVE. In which the Travellers Enjoy Themselves Extremely, and Disco Lillihammer Sees Several Astonishing Sights.
1785CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Wild Doings of the Fur-Traders and Red Men.
814CHAPTER SIX. Describes Several New and Surprising Incidents, which must be Read to be Fully Appreciated.
1786CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Sorrows and Sins, and a Bold Adventure.
815CHAPTER SEVEN. Enemies are Changed into Friends—Our Travellers Penetrate into the Interior of the Land.
1787CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Nazinred’s Journey over the Arctic Sea.
816CHAPTER EIGHT. Relates Adventures in the Shire Valley, and Touches on One or Two Phases of Slavery.
1788CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. A Surprise and a Catastrophe.
817CHAPTER NINE. In Which a Savage Chief Astonishes a Savage Animal.
1789CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Eskimos again, and a Great Discovery and Rescue.
818CHAPTER TEN. Describes African Domesticity, and Many Other Things Relative Thereto, Besides Showing that Alarms and Flights, Surprises and Feasts, are not Confined to Particular Places.
1790CHAPTER TWENTY. Strange Converse and Discoveries.
819CHAPTER ELEVEN. Reveals Disco’s Opinions about Savages, and the Savages’ Opinions of Disco, and Other Weighty Matters.
1791CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Kick-Ball and an Important Meeting.
820CHAPTER TWELVE. Describes a Hunting Expedition which was both Exciting and Successful.
1792CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Tells of Hunting Extraordinary.
821CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Encampment and the Supper—Discussions, Political and Otherwise—Kambira Receives a Shock, and our Wanderers are Thrown into Perplexity.
1793CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. A Bear-Hunt and a Sad End.
822CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Camping, Travelling, Shooting, Dreaming, Poetising, Philosophising, and Surprising, in Equatorial Africa.
1794CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Traders at Work.
823CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Shows Some of the Effects of the Slave-Trade at the Fountain-Head.
1795CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Outpost, and Effect of a “Fuddle.”
824CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Treats of Love, Hatred, and Sorrow, and Proves that Slavery and its Consequences are not Confined to Black Men and Women.
1796CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. A Mysterious Journey and a Great Discovery.
825CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Strong Measures Lead to Unexpected Discoveries.
1797CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Interesting, Amusing, and Astounding Discoveries.
826CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Describes Some of the Doings of Yoosoof and His Men in Procuring Black Ivory from the Interior of Africa.
1798CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Ship Re-visited and Re-explored.
827CHAPTER NINETEEN. Tells of Misfortunes that Befell Our Wanderers; of Familiar Toys Under New Aspects, Etcetera.
1799CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Curiosity and Presumption followed by Catastrophe.
828CHAPTER TWENTY. Harold Appears in a New Character, and Two Old Characters Reappear to Harold.
1800CHAPTER THIRTY. A Declaration, an Interruption, and a Great Fight.
829CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Progress of the Slave-Run—The Deadly Swamp, and the Unexpected Rescue.
1801CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. An Expedition and a Disappointment.
830CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Describes “Black Ivory” at Sea.
1802CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. An Unexpected Meeting.
831CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Remedy.
1803CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. The Last.
832CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Tells of Sad Sights, and Sudden Events, and Unexpected Meetings.
1804Wrecked but not Ruined
833CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Last.
1805CHAPTER ONE. The Outpost.
834CHAPTER ONE.
1806CHAPTER TWO. The Recluse of Boulder Creek.
835CHAPTER TWO.
1807CHAPTER THREE. A Brief but Agreeable Meeting.
836CHAPTER THREE.
1808CHAPTER FOUR. Pioneering.
837CHAPTER FOUR.
1809CHAPTER FIVE. The “Enemy.”
838CHAPTER FIVE.
1810CHAPTER SIX. Out in the Snow.
839CHAPTER SIX.
1811CHAPTER SEVEN. A Sad Discovery.
840CHAPTER SEVEN.
1812CHAPTER EIGHT. Shifting Winds.
841CHAPTER EIGHT.
1813CHAPTER NINE. Surmisings, Disagreements, Vexations, and Botherations.
842CHAPTER NINE.
1814CHAPTER TEN. A Friend in Need.
843Fort Desolation
1815CHAPTER ELEVEN. An Adventure and a Surprise.
844CHAPTER ONE. Or, Solitude in the Wilderness. The Outskirter.
1816CHAPTER TWELVE. The Last.
845CHAPTER TWO. The Letter, and its Consequences.
1817Children’s Books
846CHAPTER THREE. Domestic and Personal Matters.
1818CHAPTER I.
847CHAPTER FOUR. Taming a Bully.
1819CHAPTER II.
848CHAPTER FIVE. The Salmon Fishery.
1820CHAPTER III.
849CHAPTER SIX. Jack has a Desperate Encounter.
1821CHAPTER IV.
850CHAPTER SEVEN. Solitude.
1822CHAPTER V.
851CHAPTER EIGHT. Horrors.
1823CHAPTER VI.
852CHAPTER NINE. The Bully receives a Lesson.
1824CHAPTER VII.
853CHAPTER TEN. Strangers and Strange Events.
1825CHAPTER VIII.
854The Pirate City
1826CHAPTER IX.
855CHAPTER ONE. Opens the Tale
1827The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
856CHAPTER TWO. Unfolds a Little of the Tale
1828CHAPTER ONE.
857CHAPTER THREE. Reveals Something Surprising in Regard to European Forbearance and Piratic Impudence
1829CHAPTER TWO.
858CHAPTER FOUR. Introduces the Reader to the Pirate City, and to a Few of Its Peculiarities and Practices
1830Mister Fox
859CHAPTER FIVE. Shows the Light in Which Consuls Were Regarded by Pirates, and Tells of a Cruel Separation and a Stunning Blow
1831The Life of a Ship: CHAPTER ONE.
860CHAPTER SIX. Sends a Gleam of Hope Into a Gloomy Region
1832My Mother
861CHAPTER SEVEN. Some New Characters Walk, Glide, and Furiously Gallop Into the Tale, and Otherwise Introduce Themselves to Notice
1833CHAPTER I.
862CHAPTER EIGHT. Ted Flaggan and Rais Ali Proceed on a Mission, and See Impressive Sights
1834CHAPTER II.
863CHAPTER NINE. Describes a Moorish Bride, a Wedding, and a Metamorphosis, Besides Indicating a Plot
1835CHAPTER III.
864CHAPTER TEN. Shows What Lessons Were Taught in the Bagnio, and Describes a Brave Dash for Freedom
1836CHAPTER IV.
865CHAPTER ELEVEN. Is Diplomatic and Otherwise
1837CHAPTER V.
866CHAPTER TWELVE. Mrs Langley and Agnes Go Out to Dinner
1838CHAPTER VI.
867CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Relates Something About Improvements, Surprises, and Changes in the State of Affairs
1839CHAPTER VII.
868CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Plot Thickens, and Mariano’s Forbearance and Courage Are Tested
1840CHAPTER VIII.
869CHAPTER FIFTEEN. In Which Ted Flaggan and His Friend Rais Ali Act a Conscious Part, and a Political Storm Begins to Break
1841Other Works
870CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Tells of Riot and Revolution in the Pirate City
1842PREFACE
871CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Francisco and His Son in Danger
1843CHAPTER ONE.
872CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. In Which Soles Are Beaten and Men Are Sold—With Plots and Counterplots
1844CHAPTER TWO.
873CHAPTER NINETEEN. Describes an Important Event in the Pirate City
1845CHAPTER THREE.
874CHAPTER TWENTY. Describes a Retreat Among the Hills
1846CHAPTER FOUR.
875CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Social Intercourse in the Cavern
1847CHAPTER FIVE.
876CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Shows How the Pirates Were Wont to Treat Men of Note
1848CHAPTER SIX.
877CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. In Which Danger Looms Very Dark in and Around the Pirate City
1849CHAPTER SEVEN.
878CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Dark Clouds Begin to Thicken—A Rescue Attempted—Master Jim Plays a Conspicuous Part
1850CHAPTER EIGHT.
879CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Coming Struggle Looms on the Horizon
1851CHAPTER NINE.
880CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. In Which Rais Ali and Ted Flaggan Play a Vigorous Part
1852CHAPTER TEN.
881CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Describes the Bombardment of Algiers
1853CHAPTER ELEVEN.
882CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Last
1854CHAPTER TWELVE.
883The Story of the Rock
1855Handbook to the new Goldfields
884CHAPTER ONE. Wreck of Winstanley’s Lighthouse.
1856INTRODUCTION. Handbook to the New El-Dorado.
885CHAPTER TWO. Beginning of Rudyerd’s Lighthouse.
1857CHAPTER ONE. Richness and Extent of the Gold Fields.
886CHAPTER THREE. A Violent Interruption.
1858CHAPTER TWO. Climate, Productions, and Soil.
887CHAPTER FOUR. Unlooked-for Deliverance.
1859CHAPTER THREE. Routes, etcetera.
888CHAPTER FIVE. A Terrible Situation.
1860CHAPTER FOUR. Description of Coasts, Harbours, etcetera.
889CHAPTER SIX. The End of Rudyerd’s Lighthouse.
1861CHAPTER FIVE. Native Tribes.
890CHAPTER SEVEN. Old Friends In New Circumstances.
1862APPENDIX.
891CHAPTER EIGHT. Experiences, Difficulties, and Dangers of the First Season.
1863Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages
892CHAPTER NINE. Account of the War Continued.
1864CHAPTER ONE. Treats of Early Efforts to Fly, etcetera.
893CHAPTER TEN. The Campaign of 1758.
1865CHAPTER TWO. The First Balloons.
894CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Last Campaign—and Victory!
1866CHAPTER THREE. Early Attempts at Aerial Navigation.
895Rivers of Ice
1867CHAPTER FOUR. The first Aerial Voyages made in Great Britain—Succeeding Ascents.
896CHAPTER ONE. The Rover’s Return.
1868CHAPTER FIVE. Parachutes.
897CHAPTER TWO. The Seaman Takes the “Cabin” by Surprise and Storm.
1869CHAPTER SIX. Ascents by Messrs Glaisher and Coxwell.
898CHAPTER THREE. Difficulties among the Social Summits.
1870CHAPTER SEVEN. Account of Nadar’s Balloon, “Le Géant.” First Ascent.
899CHAPTER FOUR. Shows how the Captain came to an Anchor, and conceived a Deep Design.
1871CHAPTER EIGHT. Second Ascent of Nadar’s “Giant” Balloon.
900CHAPTER FIVE. In which Several Important Matters are arranged, and Gillie White undergoes some Remarkable and hitherto Unknown Experiences.
1872CHAPTER NINE. War-Balloons.
901CHAPTER SIX. A Lesson Taught and Learned.
1873CHAPTER TEN. Aerial Locomotives, etcetera.
902CHAPTER SEVEN. The Great White Mountain.
1874Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
903CHAPTER EIGHT. Introduces the Reader to Various Personages, and touches on Glaciers.
1875CHAPTER ONE. Treats of Ships in General.
904CHAPTER NINE. A Solid Stream.
1876CHAPTER TWO. The Earliest Days of Water-Travelling.
905CHAPTER TEN. The First Excursion.
1877CHAPTER THREE. Rafts and Canoes.
906CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Pursuit of Science under Difficulties.
1878CHAPTER FOUR. Ancient Ships and Navigators.
907CHAPTER TWELVE. In which Gillie is Sagacious, an Excursion is undertaken, Wondrous Sights are seen, and Avalanches of more kinds than one are encountered.
1879CHAPTER FIVE. The Mariner’s Compass—Portuguese Discoveries.
908CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Shows what Dangers may be encountered in the Pursuit of Art and Science.
1880CHAPTER SIX. Boats, Model-Boat Making, etcetera.
909CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Grand Ascent Begun.
1881CHAPTER SEVEN. Lifeboats and Lightships.
910CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Grand Ascent Continued and Completed.
1882CHAPTER EIGHT. Docks and Shipbuilding.
911CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Tells how Lewis distinguished himself.
1883CHAPTER NINE. The Launch, etcetera.
912CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Danger and Death on the Glacier.
1884CHAPTER TEN. Coasting Vessels.
913CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. A Mystery cleared up.
1885CHAPTER ELEVEN. Vessels of Large Size.
914CHAPTER NINETEEN. Mountaineering in General.
1886CHAPTER TWELVE. Wooden and Iron Walls.
915CHAPTER TWENTY. Records a Serious Event.
1887CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Origins of Steamships—Ocean-Steamers, etcetera.
916CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Down in the Moraine at last.
1888CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The “Great Eastern.”
917CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Mysterious Proceedings of the Captain and Gillie.
1889CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Curious Craft of Many Lands.
918CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Captain surprises his Friends in various Ways, and is himself Baffled.
1890CHAPTER ONE.
919CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. In which Tremendous Forces come to the Captain’s Aid.
1891CHAPTER TWO.
920CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. An Unexpected Gem Found.
1892CHAPTER THREE.
921CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. The Dénouement.
1893CHAPTER FOUR.
922CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. The Last.
1894CHAPTER FIVE.
923Under the Waves
1895CHAPTER SIX.
924PREFACE
1896CHAPTER SEVEN.
925CHAPTER ONE. Introduces Our Hero, One of His Advisers, and Some of His Difficulties
1897CHAPTER EIGHT.
926CHAPTER TWO. Describes a First Visit to the Bottom of the Sea
1898CHAPTER NINE.
927CHAPTER THREE. Refers to a Small Tea-Party, and Touches Very Mildly on Love
1899CHAPTER TEN.
928CHAPTER FOUR. Divers Matters
1900CHAPTER ELEVEN.
929CHAPTER FIVE. Treats of Plots and Plans, Engineering and Otherwise
1901CHAPTER TWELVE.
930CHAPTER SIX. A Sunken Wreck Inspected, Sundry Wonderful Doings Under Water Recorded, and Various Plans Successfully Carried Out
1902CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
931CHAPTER SEVEN. Historical but Not Heavy
1903CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
932CHAPTER EIGHT. The Grinding of the Screw
1904CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
933CHAPTER NINE. Treats of a Leak and Consequent Difficulties
1905CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
934CHAPTER TEN. Anxieties; Disasters; Hopes
1906LETTER 1.
935CHAPTER ELEVEN. Tells of Bold Plans, Followed by Bolder Deeds
1907LETTER 2.
936CHAPTER TWELVE. Diving Practice Extraordinary in the East
1908LETTER 3.
937CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Treasure Recovered—Accidents Encountered—An Unexpected Discovery—Enemies Met and Circumvented
1909LETTER 4.
938CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Miss Pritty’s “Worst Fears” Are More Than Realised
1910LETTER 5.
939CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Sudden and Bad News Induces Sudden and Good Action
1911LETTER 6.
940CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Bearding the Lion in His Den
1912LETTER 7.
941CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Recounts the Wild, Fierce, and in Some Respects Peculiar Incidents of a Bush Fight
1913LETTER 8.
942CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Lifts the Curtain Slightly as to Piratical Doings in the Nineteenth Century
1914LETTER 9.
943CHAPTER NINETEEN. A Fight With Malay Pirates
1915LETTER 10.
944CHAPTER TWENTY. The Fight Concluded
1916LETTER 11.
945CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Difficulties of Various Kinds, Also Troubles, and a Discovery
1917LETTER 12.
946CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Miscellaneous Matters, Ending With a “Scrimmage” Under Water
1918LETTER 13.
947CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. More About the Sea
1919LETTER 14.
948CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Taking the Tide at the Ebb
1920Battles with the Sea
949CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Shows How Our Hero Formed Plans, How Miss Pritty Formed Plots, and How the Small Domestic Amused Herself
1921CHAPTER ONE. Heroes of the Lifeboat and Rocket.
950CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. A Climax Is Reached
1922CHAPTER TWO. Describes a Tremendous Battle and a Glorious Victory.
951CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. The Last
1923CHAPTER THREE. Light and Shade in Lifeboat Work.
952The Settler and the Savage
1924CHAPTER FOUR. Construction and Qualities of the Lifeboat.
953CHAPTER ONE. The Wild Karroo.
1925CHAPTER FIVE. More Tales of Heroism.
954CHAPTER TWO. Introduces a Cape Dutchman and his Family, and Shows the Uncertainty of Human Plans.
1926CHAPTER SIX. Supplies a few Points for Consideration.
955CHAPTER THREE. Describes the somewhat Curious Beginning of Settler-Life in South Africa.
1927CHAPTER SEVEN. The Life-Saving Rocket.
956CHAPTER FOUR. Further Particulars of “Settlers’ Town,” and a Start made for the Promised Land.
1928Memoirs
957CHAPTER FIVE. Adventures and Incidents of the First Night in the “Bush”.
1929Personal Reminiscences in Book Making
958CHAPTER SIX. Spreading over the Land.
1930CHAPTER ONE. Incidents in Book Making—Introductory.
959CHAPTER SEVEN. The “Location.”
1931CHAPTER TWO. Life in the Bell Rock Lighthouse.
960CHAPTER EIGHT. Shows the Pleasures, Pains, and Penalties of Housekeeping in the Bush.
1932CHAPTER THREE. Nights with the Fire Brigade.
961CHAPTER NINE. Off to the Highlands and Black Snakes in the Bush.
1933CHAPTER FOUR. A War of Mercy.
962CHAPTER TEN. The Location on the River of Baboons.
1934CHAPTER FIVE. Descent into the Cornish Mines.
963CHAPTER ELEVEN. Explorations and Hunting Experiences.
1935CHAPTER SIX. The Land of the Vikings.
964CHAPTER TWELVE. Gives some Account of a Great Lion-Hunt.
1936CHAPTER SEVEN. The Burglars and the Parson.
965CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Adventure with an Ostrich.
1937CHAPTER EIGHT. Jim Greely, the North Sea Skipper.
966CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Bergenaars.
1938CHAPTER NINE. A Northern Waif.
967CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Treats of the Zuurveld again, and one or two Surprising Incidents.
1939CHAPTER TEN. How to make the Best of Life: from a Young Man’s Standpoint.
968CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Great Floods of 1823.
1940CHAPTER ELEVEN. Forgive and Forget: A Lifeboat Story.
969CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Treats of Hopes, Fears, and Prospects, besides describing a Peculiar Battle.
1941CHAPTER TWELVE. “Rescue the Perishing.”
970CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Fairs, Fights, Free-Trade, Factions, and other Matters.
1942CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Knotty Question.
971CHAPTER NINETEEN. Describes a Series of Early Risings.
1943CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Two Remarkable Dreams.
972CHAPTER TWENTY. Treats of the Delights, Dangers, and Distresses of the Wilderness.
