1897


CONTENTS

[ QUEST OF THE GOLDEN PEARL. ]

[ CHAPTER I.—THE SHARK-CHARMER WALKS THE PLANK. ]

[ CHAPTER II. A STROKE OF LUCK AND AN AFTER-STROKE. ]

[ CHAPTER III.—THE QUEST BEGINS. ]

[ CHAPTER IV.—INTRODUCES BOSIN, AND TELLS HOW CAPTAIN MANGO PROVED HIMSELF A TRUMP. ]

[ CHAPTER V.—THE LASCAR GETS HIS KNIFE BACK. ]

[ CHAPTER VI.—IN THE THICK OF IT. ]

[ CHAPTER VII.—“FUN OR FIGHTING, I'M READY, ANYHOW!” ]

[ CHAPTER VIII.—AT THE HAUNTED PAGODAS. ]

[ CHAPTER IX.—WAS IT JACK? ]

[ CHAPTER X.—IN WHICH THE OLD SAW, “OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN, INTO THE FIRE,” IS REVERSED WITH STARTLING EFFECT. ]

[ CHAPTER XI.—INTO THE HEART OF THE HILL. ]

[ CHAPTER XII.—RELATES HOW A WRONG ROAD LED TO THE RIGHT PLACE. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII.—CAPTAIN MANGO “GOES ALOFT.” ]

[ CHAPTER XIV.—SHROUDED IN A HAMMOCK. ]

[ CHAPTER XV.—THE CROCODILE PIT. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI.—DON SETS A DEATH-TRAP FOR THE LASCAR. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII.—THE BLAST OF A CONCH-SHELL. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII.—BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX.—ONE-TO-TWENTY GIVES TWENTY-TO-ONE THE WORST OF IT. ]

[ CHAPTER XX.—THE LAST STRAW. ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. RIVALS FOR THE HONOURS OF DEATH. ]

[ CHAPTER XXII.—A REPORT FROM THE SEA. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII.—DON RUNS THE GAUNTLET. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV.—IN THE NICK OF TIME. ]

[ CHAPTER XXV.—THE SHARK-CHARMER IS CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP. ]

[ CHAPTER XXV.—BRINGS THE QUEST TO AN END. ]