The Mission

WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTENTS.
Account of Sir Charles Wilmot—Loss of the Grosvenor—Sir Charles's doubts respecting the Survival of his Wife and Children—Alexander Wilmot—His Character—The Newspaper Paragraph—Details of the Wreck of the Grosvenor—Surmises as to the Fate of the Passengers
Alexander's Reflections—His Plan—Sir Charles opposes it—His unwilling Consent—Alexander's Departure
Alexander's Melancholy—Finds a Friend—Sea Sickness—Mr. Fairburn—The Passengers—Conversations—The Cape—Mr. Fairburn's Account of the Treatment of the Hottentots by the Dutch
Natural History discussed—Mr. Swinton's Enthusiasm—Further History of the Cape—Dutch Barbarity—Alexander's Indignation
Aquatic Birds—Guano—Mr. Fairburn's Narrative continued—Stuurman—Mokanna—The Attack—Failure of the Caffres
Sharks—Their Cowardice—Attack on one by Neptune—Divers' Dangers—Mr. Fairburn continues his Story—Mokanna's Fate—Disturbances among the Caffre Tribes
Mr. Swinton agrees to accompany Alexander—Land, ho!—Cape Town—Major Henderson—He joins the Party—Begum—Chaka's History
Night in Algoa Bay—The Major meets Maxwell—Preparations to start—The Caravan—Description of it—The Departure
The Plans of the Adventurers—Big Adam's Bravery—Milius—His Refreshments—What his House contained—Speech to the Hottentots—The Bushman Boy, Prince Omrah