Barney Blake, the Boy Privateer; or, The Cruise of the Queer Fish
Transcriber's Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
OR,
THE CRUISE of the QUEER FISH.
BY HERRICK JOHNSTONE.
It was upon a bright morning of the month of May, 1813, as I, a sailor just paid off from my last ship, was wandering along the wharves of Boston, that I was hailed by an old messmate, named Tony Trybrace.
Ship ahoy! cried Tony.
The Barney Blake, I responded. Out of employment, with compass gone, and nothing to steer by.
What! cried Tony, giving me his flipper. Do you want a ship? A strange wish to go unsatisfied in these times.
Yes, I hesitatingly rejoined, but, you see, I've never been in the navy—always sailed in a merchantman—and—
Nonsense! cried Tony. That kind of blarney won't do for these times. I shipped the other day on as cracky a craft as ever kicked the spray behind her. Come and join us.
Herrick Johnstone
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Barney Blake, the Boy Privateer;
CHAPTER I. THE SHIP AND HER CREW.
CHAPTER II. OUTWARD BOUND.
CHAPTER III. THE YARN OF THE YELLOW MAST—CUTTING HAMMOCKS.
CHAPTER IV. A PRIZE AND A JOHN BULL.
CHAPTER V. ANOTHER PRIZE—FISHING FOR SHARKS.
CHAPTER VI. CROSSING THE LINE.
CHAPTER VII. FUN ON SHORE.
CHAPTER VIII. ROUND THE HORN—THE PATAGONIANS.
CHAPTER IX. HUNTING THE OSTRICH.
CHAPTER X. VALPARAISO.
CHAPTER XI. AMONG THE WHALERS.
CHAPTER XII. THE WATER-SPOUT—THE ONLY TRAGEDY ON BOARD THE QUEER FISH.
CHAPTER XIII. THE VOLCANO.
CHAPTER XIV. CALIFORNIA IN EARLY TIMES.
CHAPTER XV. BULL VERSUS BEAR.
CHAPTER XVI. ACAPULCO—ANOTHER YARN FROM BLUEFISH.
CHAPTER XVII. HOMEWARD BOUND.
FOOTNOTE:
Beadle's Half-Dime Library.
