The Mutineers / A Tale of Old Days at Sea and of Adventures in the Far East as Benjamin Lathrop Set It Down Some Sixty Years Ago
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A tale of old days at sea and of adventures in the Far East as Benjamin Lathrop set it down some sixty years ago
by Charles Boardman Hawes
Illustrated
To D.C.H.
To master, mate, and men of the ship Hunter, whose voyage is the backbone of my story; to Captain David Woodard, English mariner, who more than a hundred and twenty years ago was wrecked on the island of Celebes; to Captain R.G.F. Candage of Brookline, Massachusetts, who was party to the original contract in melon seeds; and to certain blue-water skippers who have left sailing directions for eastern ports and seas, I am grateful for fascinating narratives and journals, and indebted for incidents in this tale of an earlier generation.
I My Father and I Call on Captain Whidden II Bill Hayden III The Man Outside the Galley IV A Piece of Pie V Kipping
VI The Council in the Cabin VII The Sail with a Lozenge-Shaped Patch VIII Attacked IX Bad Signs X The Treasure-Seeker
XI A Hundred Thousand Dollars in Gold XII A Strange Tale XIII Trouble Forward XIV Bill Hayden Comes to the End of His Voyage
XV Mr. Falk Tries to Cover His Tracks XVI A Prayer for the Dead XVII Marooned XVIII Adventures Ashore
XIX In Last Resort XX A Story in Melon Seeds XXI New Allies XXII We Attack XXIII What We Found in the Cabin
Charles Boardman Hawes
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THE MUTINEERS
CONTENTS
I IN WHICH WE SAIL FOR CANTON, CHINA
II IN WHICH WE ENCOUNTER AN ARAB SHIP
III WHICH APPROACHES A CRISIS
IV IN WHICH THE TIDE OF OUR FORTUNES EBBS
V IN WHICH THE TIDE TURNS
VI IN WHICH WE REACH THE PORT OF OUR DESTINATION
VII OLD SCORES AND NEW AND A DOUBTFUL WELCOME
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