ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "HE PLACED THE CHILD UPON THE CHEST, AND HELD HIM THERE THAT HE MIGHT NOT FALL OFF." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "'YE'VE A GREAT LIKING FOR THE SEA, THEY TELL ME, LAD,' BEGAN MR. BLANE." ]

[ "THE RAVENING SWINE WERE GAINING UPON HIM." ]

[ "GLARING DOWN UPON HIM ... THE MOST APPALLING EYES HE HAD EVER BEHELD." ]

[ "PRESENTLY RAYMON ROSE IN THE BOW, HARPOON IN HAND." ]

[ "CHANCED TO OVERHEAR A CONVERSATION WHICH MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY HAD DESIGNS UPON MR. PATERSON'S LIFE." ]