6CHAPTER FOUR. Wherein will be found much that is philosophical.
101CHAPTER FIVE. The Outlaw’s Friends. Threatened Danger curiously Averted.
7CHAPTER FIVE. Preparations for a grand hunt.
102CHAPTER SIX. The Guide becomes Communicative, and tells of Terrible Doings.
8CHAPTER SIX. Dreaming and feeding and bloody work enlarged upon.
103CHAPTER SEVEN. Describes a Meek Mother and Crocodile-Son. Journey Resumed and Strange Treatment of the King of the Waters.
9CHAPTER SEVEN. We Circumvent the Natives.
104CHAPTER EIGHT. A Friend appears unexpectedly, and our Travellers spend a Disturbed Night.
10CHAPTER EIGHT. Peterkin distinguishes himself, and Okandaga is disposed of, etcetera.
105CHAPTER NINE. A Jovial Chief, and New Experiences of Various Kinds.
11CHAPTER NINE. I discover a curious insect, and Peterkin takes a strange flight.
106CHAPTER TEN. Tells of a Grand Hunt and Other Things.
12CHAPTER TEN. Water Appreciated—Destructive Files, Etcetera.
107CHAPTER ELEVEN. An Uninvited Guest appears with News that demands Instant Action.
13CHAPTER ELEVEN. How We Met With Our First Gorilla, And How We Served Him.
108CHAPTER TWELVE. A Narrow Escape and Threatening Clouds.
14CHAPTER TWELVE. Peterkin’s Schoolday Reminiscences.
109CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Arrival at the Capital—Queen Ranavalona’s Troubles and Perplexities.
15CHAPTER THIRTEEN. We get into “The Thick of it”—Great Success.
110CHAPTER 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.
16CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Our Plans are Suddenly Altered—Wicked Designs Discovered.
111CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Spies and the Secret Meeting—The Prime Minister foiled by the Prince.
17CHAPTER FIFTEEN. An unexpected meeting—We fly, and I make a narrow escape from an appalling fate.
112CHAPTER SIXTEEN. In Prison—Effects of a First Sight of Torture.
18CHAPTER SIXTEEN. An unfortunate delay, and a terrible visitor.
113CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Mamba is Succoured by one of the “Ancient Soot,” and fulfils his Mysterious Mission.
19CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. We visit a natural menagerie, see wonderful sights, and meet with strange adventures.
114CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Unexpected Deliverance and Several Surprises.
20CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Strange and terrible discoveries—Jack is made commander-in-chief of an army.
115CHAPTER NINETEEN. A Malagasy Garden Party—The Cloud grows Blacker.
21CHAPTER NINETEEN. Preparations for War, and Peculiar Drill.
116CHAPTER TWENTY. A Great Kabàry is held, followed by Dreadful Martyrdoms.
22CHAPTER TWENTY. A Warlike Expedition and a Victory.
117CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Mamba, Subjected to the Ordeal of the “Tangena,” escapes, but afterwards accuses himself and is Condemned.
23CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Arrangements for pursuing the enemy, and sudden change of plans.
118CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The Court Physician prescribes for the Queen—A Blow-up, and Mysterious Preparations for Tremendous Surprises.
24CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. We Meet with a Ludicrously Awful Adventure.
119CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. In which Mark carries out his Plans successfully, and powerfully astonishes himself as well as every one else.
25CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. We see strange things, and give our negro friends the slip.
120CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Flight and Pursuit of Ravonino and Rafaravavy.
26CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Long Chase, and a Happy Termination Thereof.
121CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Forest Refuge—Voalavo is War-like, Ravonino Peaceful, and False Friends Dangerous.
27CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. I Have a Desperate Encounter and a Narrow Escape.
122CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Doctor Breezy prescribes for the Queen, and attains to Temporary and “Perfik F’licity.”
28Hunting the Lions
123CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. In which a Happy Change for the Better is Disastrously Interrupted.
29CHAPTER ONE. Begins to Unfold the Tale of the Lions by Describing the Lion of the Tale.
124CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. In which Terrible but True Martyrdoms are Described.
30CHAPTER TWO. Sport Begins in Earnest.
125CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Threatened Death Averted—Buried Alive—End of the Tyrant Queen—Revolt Crushed and Radama the Second Crowned.
31CHAPTER THREE. In which Great Deeds are Done, and Tom Brown has a Narrow Escape.
126CHAPTER THIRTY. The Last.
32CHAPTER FOUR. Tom Sees Wonderful Sights, and at last has his Dreams Fulfilled.
127Blue Lights
33CHAPTER FIVE. More about Lions!
128CHAPTER ONE. The False Step.
34CHAPTER SIX. Gives a Few Hints to Would-be Hunters, and a Friend in Need is Introduced.
129CHAPTER TWO. Shows some of the Consequences of the False Step, and introduces the Reader to Peculiar Company.
35CHAPTER SEVEN. Describes River Hunting.
130CHAPTER THREE. The “Sailors’ Welcome”—Miles has a Night of it and Enlists—His Friend Armstrong has an Agreeable Surprise at the Soldiers’ Institute.
36CHAPTER EIGHT. Shows that too High a Price is Sometimes Paid for Success in Hunting.
131CHAPTER FOUR. The Embarkation Jetty—And Nipped in the Bud.
37CHAPTER NINE. The Last.
132CHAPTER FIVE. Difficulties met and overcome.
38Black Ivory
133CHAPTER SIX. The Unfinished Letter—Too Late!
39PREFACE.
134CHAPTER SEVEN. Miles begins to discover himself—Has a few Rough Experiences—And falls into Pea-Soup, Salt-Water, and Love.
40CHAPTER ONE. Shows that a Good Beginning may Sometimes be Followed by a Bad Ending.
135CHAPTER EIGHT. Has Reference to many Things connected with Mind, Matter, and Affections.
41CHAPTER TWO. Yoosoof’s “Black Ivory.”
136CHAPTER NINE. Our Hero meets a Friend unexpectedly in Peculiar Circumstances, and has a very Strange Encounter.
42CHAPTER THREE. Relates the Further Adventures of Harold and Disco, and Lifts the Curtain a Little Higher in Regard to the Slave-Trade.
137CHAPTER TEN. Off to the Wars.
43CHAPTER FOUR. In Which Our Heroes See Strange Sights at Zanzibar, and Resolve Upon Taking a Bold Step.
138CHAPTER ELEVEN. New and Sad mingled with Curious Experiences.
44CHAPTER FIVE. In which the Travellers Enjoy Themselves Extremely, and Disco Lillihammer Sees Several Astonishing Sights.
139CHAPTER TWELVE. In Action at last.
45CHAPTER SIX. Describes Several New and Surprising Incidents, which must be Read to be Fully Appreciated.
140CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Tells of some of the Trials, Uncertainties, Dangers, and Disasters of War.
46CHAPTER SEVEN. Enemies are Changed into Friends—Our Travellers Penetrate into the Interior of the Land.
141CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Describes some of Osman Digna’s Eccentricities and Other Matters.
47CHAPTER EIGHT. Relates Adventures in the Shire Valley, and Touches on One or Two Phases of Slavery.
142CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Athletics—A New Acquaintance turns up—An Expedition undertaken, followed by a Race for Life.
48CHAPTER NINE. In Which a Savage Chief Astonishes a Savage Animal.
143CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Letters from Home—Flynn is Exalted and brought Low—Rumours of War in the Air.
49CHAPTER 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.
144CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Expedition—Enemy reported—Miles in a Dilemma.
50CHAPTER ELEVEN. Reveals Disco’s Opinions about Savages, and the Savages’ Opinions of Disco, and Other Weighty Matters.
145CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Wherein are described an Assault, a Furious Fight, and some Strange Personal Encounters.
51CHAPTER TWELVE. Describes a Hunting Expedition which was both Exciting and Successful.
146CHAPTER NINETEEN. Refers to Sergeant Hardy, Amytoor-Lawyer Sutherland, and other Matters.
52CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Encampment and the Supper—Discussions, Political and Otherwise—Kambira Receives a Shock, and our Wanderers are Thrown into Perplexity.
147CHAPTER TWENTY. Old Friends in New Aspects.
53CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Camping, Travelling, Shooting, Dreaming, Poetising, Philosophising, and Surprising, in Equatorial Africa.
148CHAPTER 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.
54CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Shows Some of the Effects of the Slave-Trade at the Fountain-Head.
149CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Led into Captivity.
55CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Treats of Love, Hatred, and Sorrow, and Proves that Slavery and its Consequences are not Confined to Black Men and Women.
150CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Shows that Suffering tends to draw out Sympathy.
56CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Strong Measures Lead to Unexpected Discoveries.
151CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Adventures among the Soudanese, and Strange Meeting with the Mahdi.
57CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Describes Some of the Doings of Yoosoof and His Men in Procuring Black Ivory from the Interior of Africa.
152CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Miles is promoted—Molloy overthrows the Mahdi, and is elevated for so doing.
58CHAPTER NINETEEN. Tells of Misfortunes that Befell Our Wanderers; of Familiar Toys Under New Aspects, Etcetera.
153CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Cruel Treatment—Despair Followed by Hope and a Joyful Discovery.
59CHAPTER TWENTY. Harold Appears in a New Character, and Two Old Characters Reappear to Harold.
154CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. In which Hopes and Fears rise and fall.
60CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Progress of the Slave-Run—The Deadly Swamp, and the Unexpected Rescue.
155CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. A Horrible Situation.
61CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Describes “Black Ivory” at Sea.
156CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. Describes a few Meetings and several Surprises.
62CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Remedy.
157CHAPTER THIRTY. Conclusion.
63CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Tells of Sad Sights, and Sudden Events, and Unexpected Meetings.
158The Middy and the Moors
64CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. The Last.
159CHAPTER ONE. The Hero is Blown away, Captured, Crushed, Comforted, and Astonished.
65The Settler and the Savage
160CHAPTER TWO. Among Pirates—Enslaved.
66CHAPTER ONE. The Wild Karroo.
161CHAPTER THREE. The Bagnio—Our Hero sees something of Misery, and is sold as a Slave.
67CHAPTER TWO. Introduces a Cape Dutchman and his Family, and Shows the Uncertainty of Human Plans.
162CHAPTER FOUR. Our Middy is put to Work—Also put on his “word-of-Honour,” and receives a Great Shock of Surprise.
68CHAPTER THREE. Describes the somewhat Curious Beginning of Settler-Life in South Africa.
163CHAPTER FIVE. The Maiden’s Story—Peter the Great and the Middy go for a Holiday and see Awful Things.
69CHAPTER FOUR. Further Particulars of “Settlers’ Town,” and a Start made for the Promised Land.
164CHAPTER SIX. Our Hero sees the Moors in Several Aspects, and makes a Great Discovery.
70CHAPTER FIVE. Adventures and Incidents of the First Night in the “Bush”.
165CHAPTER SEVEN. The Middy obtains a Decided Advance, and Makes Peter the Great his Confidant.
71CHAPTER SIX. Spreading over the Land.
166CHAPTER EIGHT. A Severe Trial—Secret Communication under Difficulties, and Sudden Flight.
72CHAPTER SEVEN. The “Location.”
167CHAPTER NINE. Hester introduced to a New Home and New Friends under Peculiar Circumstances, and a New Name.
73CHAPTER EIGHT. Shows the Pleasures, Pains, and Penalties of Housekeeping in the Bush.
168CHAPTER TEN. Torture is Applied in Vain, and True Love is not to be Deceived.
74CHAPTER NINE. Off to the Highlands and Black Snakes in the Bush.
169CHAPTER ELEVEN. Dangers, Vicissitudes, Escapes, New Surroundings, Hopes, And Fears.
75CHAPTER TEN. The Location on the River of Baboons.
170CHAPTER TWELVE. The Middy, becoming Defiant and Violent, comes to Grief, and Hester’s Black Friends devise Strange Things.
76CHAPTER ELEVEN. Explorations and Hunting Experiences.
171CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Hester and her Father severely Tested.
77CHAPTER TWELVE. Gives some Account of a Great Lion-Hunt.
172CHAPTER FOURTEEN. A Brave Dash for Life and Freedom.
78CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Adventure with an Ostrich.
173CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Strange Visit, a Strange Commission, and a Strange Display of Temper.
79CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Bergenaars.
174CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Mysterious and Daring Deeds are Crowned with Success.
80CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Treats of the Zuurveld again, and one or two Surprising Incidents.
175CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Last.
81CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Great Floods of 1823.
176LETTER 1.
82CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Treats of Hopes, Fears, and Prospects, besides describing a Peculiar Battle.
177LETTER 2.
83CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Fairs, Fights, Free-Trade, Factions, and other Matters.
178LETTER 3.
84CHAPTER NINETEEN. Describes a Series of Early Risings.
179LETTER 4.
85CHAPTER TWENTY. Treats of the Delights, Dangers, and Distresses of the Wilderness.
180LETTER 5.
86CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Treats of Matters too Numerous and Stirring to be briefly referred to.
181LETTER 6.
87CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Tells of Dark and Threatening Clouds, and War.
182LETTER 7.
88CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. War.
183LETTER 8.
89CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Shows what befell a Trader and an Emigrant Band.
184LETTER 9.
90CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Treats of Various Strange Incidents, some Interesting Matters, and a Rescue.
185LETTER 10.
91CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Relates Incidents of the War and a Great Deliverance.
186LETTER 11.
92CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. The Fate of the Paramount Chief of Kafirland.
187LETTER 12.
93CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. The Results of War.
188LETTER 13.
94CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. The Last.
189LETTER 14.
95The Fugitives
