CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.Answer to an Old Summons[5]
II.I Renew an Old Dream[7]
III.Even Seeking to Realize It[11]
IV.Turning to the Sea, at Last, for Solace[15]
V.I Overhaul the Steam Yacht, Billowcrest[20]
VI.Where All Things Become Possible[49]
VII.I Learn the Way of the Sea, and Enter More Fully Into My Heritage[59]
VIII.The Halcyon Way to the South[70]
IX.Admonition and Counsel[76]
X.Captain Biffer is Assisted by the Pampeiro[86]
XI.In Gloomy Seas[95]
XII.Where Captain Biffer Revises Some Opinions[99]
XIII.In the “Fighting-Top”[106]
XIV.An Excursion and an Experiment[115]
XV.As Reported by My Note-Book[121]
XVI.Following the Pacemaker[134]
XVII.Investigation and Discovery[146]
XVIII.A “Borning” and a Mystery[150]
XIX.A Long Farewell[154]
XX.The Long Dark[174]
XXI.An Arrival and a Departure[183]
XXII.On the Air-Line, South[190]
XXIII.The Cloudcrest Makes a Landing[199]
XXIV.The Great White Way[209]
XXV.Where the Way Ends[215]
XXVI.The Welcome to the Unknown[223]
XXVII.The Prince of the Purple Fields[228]
XXVIII.A Harbor of Forgotten Dreams[235]
XXIX.A Land of the Heart’s Desire[243]
XXX.The Lady of the Lilies[249]
XXXI.The Pole at Last[253]
XXXII.An Offering to the Sun[264]
XXXIII.The Touch of Life[269]
XXXIV.The Pardon of Love[279]
XXXV.Down the River of Coming Dark[290]
XXXVI.The “Passage of the Dead”[293]
XXXVII.The Rising Tide[301]
XXXVIII.Storm and Stress[305]
XXXIX.Where Dreams Become Real[315]
XL.Claiming the Reward[322]