CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | [The Strange Oars and Ropes] | [Page 15] |
The charted island. Previous history of the boys. The professor.Mysteries. The strange oars and ropes. Experiments. The varioustrips through the Island. Meeting the natives. The caves.Finding metals and ores. A strange village. | ||
| II. | [A Mysterious Message] | [Page 26] |
The Town of Unity. Enterprises on the island. Building a ship.Homesick. Considering the question of other islands. Treasurehunting. The Krishnos. Their beliefs and practices. Thecomparison of customs with the white people. Preparing to launchthe vessel. The professor decides to remain. Angel. The message.Blakely. A scrap of paper with illegible words. The V-shapedtracing. Guessing the contents of the note. | ||
| III. | [The Arrow on the Sheet] | [Page 38] |
Deciphering the discolored paper. The arrow on thesheet. The first Walter letter. The comparison. Dimensionsof the vessel. The engine. The professor andJohn's error. Pointing to an island. Convinced of thecorrectness of the boys' views. Launching of the vessel.The feast day. Putting up the rigging. Selecting a crew.Preliminary trials. The day for departure. The trip toValparaiso. Reshipping to New York. Telegrams homeafter three years. Angels and the wonders of New York.The great change in the boys. The return to WonderIsland. Reaching Valparaiso. Meeting Blakely. The newsteamer. Installation of a line to Wonder Island. Thereturn trip. | ||
| IV. | [The Skull with the Cryptic Writing] | [Page 51] |
Steaming up Enterprise River. Unity in sight. The nativesat the wharf. The enthusiasm. The chiefs witnessthe arrival. A "Grand Homecoming." The boys visit thenatives. Contemplating voyages to discover other islands.Native sailors. Sutoto captain of the Pioneer. Rumorsabout the boys. Plans for the proposed trips. The forcefor the expedition. A cargo of copper. The trip to thecopper treasure cave. Tides. Fireflies. Explanation ofthe light. Light without heat The problem of light.Advantages of light which generates no heat. Color ofdaylight. Phosphorescent glow. Catching fireflies.Scaling the heights. The spot where the Walter notewas found. A skull with mysterious characters on it.The mark on the skull and the mark in the message.The star. Cryptic signs. | ||
| V. | [The Trip to the New Island] | [Page 63] |
Sutoto at the top of the peak. The telescope. The viewof Unity. The Illyas' village. The visit to the last capturedvillage. The reception. The kindness of the chief.The great change in the village. The feast of John andthe boys. Happiness of the people. The Illyas at work.Return of the Wonder to Unity. The Pioneer on its wayto other Islands. Seasickness of the crew. Trying thenew cure. Atrophine, and how administered. Explainingits origin, and how it acts. The effect on the crew.Driven out of their course. A light in the dense darkness.Land ahead. Awaiting the morning. Fifty leaguesfrom Wonder Island. The cove in the shore line. Anchoring.The two boats sent ashore. Signs to indicate thatpeople lived on the island. Reminiscences of the Yaks andbears. The discovery of coffee trees. The wild variety.Identity of vegetation in widely-separated countries. | ||
| VI. | [Discovery of the Island and Explorations] | [Page 75] |
Return to the landing. John's advice. Surveying theisland. The cardinal points of the compass. Laying outthe coast line by triangulation. What measurement ofangles means. Transferring the angles to paper. Makingplans by means of a scale. Proportionate lengths of thedifferent limbs of the angles. The shore line to the south.Instructions to Sutoto. The party to explore the interior.Starting on their mission. The equipment of the party.The spears, and bolos. The camera and field glasses.Amazing tropical vegetation and fruit. Stone hatchetfound. Independent exploits of the boys. Temporaryseparation. Disappearance of George. A pistol shot inthe distance. The search. Evidences of a scuffle.George's tracks found. The footprints of natives. Muroscouting in the direction of the natives. The runner tothe ship. The Pioneer sailing away. The new landingplace. Uraso advised of the capture. | ||
| VII. | [Capture of George by the Natives] | [Page 89] |
George's capture. Hearing John's whistle. Firing thegun. The surprise of the natives. Rendered unconscious.He recovers. Sees his gun and glasses in the hands of thenatives. Discovers that his revolver is still in his pocket.The natives see him trying to discover the time by hiswatch. The fight of the savages for the watch. George'sdetermination to escape. The natives discover the revolver.He surprises the natives by explaining the knifeand glasses. While explaining the glasses accidentallydiscovers the ocean in the distance. The matchsafe. Discoversthe village. Tries to escape before reaching there.Planning the details. Surprised at the appearance ofanother party. All hope lost. A powerful Chief. Georgeand the Chief. Investigating George's belongings. HowGeorge unwittingly told the Chief about the gun andglasses. The Chief arrests the captors. George explainsthe weapons. Returns the revolver to George. Inviteshim to the village. In the home of the Chieftain. Descriptionof the "Palace." | ||
| VIII. | [Fight of the Natives for the Trinkets] | [Page 102] |
Scouting. Muro's work. The first traces. Arrival ofUraso. His grief at the news. The conference. Johnand party march to the east. Finding George's chain.Evidences of a struggle. Determining the number of enemiesby the footprints. Reading characters by feet.How people are distinguished. Observing peculiarities ofactions. Estimating the number of natives in the partywhich captured George. Discovering the Chief's footmarks.Judging of the safety of George by the marks ofthe feet. Uraso discovers the tree where George exhibitedthe power of the bullet to the Chief. Inferences as to thecharacters of the natives who captured George. Thetrinkets and buttons of more importance to the savagesthan the person of the captive. Power as the great factorwith savages. Why right is might. | ||
| IX. | [The Giant Chief and His "Palace"] | [Page 113] |
The Chief interested in George's belongings. Discovery ofa ship's chair. The matchsafe in the Chief's hands. Theimitative quality. The first meal. The peculiar knivesand forks. The Chief's capacity for food. The characterof the meal. The siesta after the meal. George's opportunity.Stealing from the Chief's house. The daughterof the Chief. Wandering from the Chief's house. Hismidnight sleep from exhaustion. The watchers at his bedside.Finding the soap plant. Breakfast. Absence ofthe Chief. George's suspicions. Follows the Chief. Theappearance of John and Harry. The meeting. George introducesthe party to the Chief. Uraso and Muro able toconverse with the Chief. George's story. "The Palace."The village. The feast. | ||
| X. | [Peculiarities of the Native Tribe] | [Page 125] |
How the feast was served. John relates the story of theboys to the Chief. The Chief interested in the wonderfulship. The story of the island. The runner to the ship.No Krishnos on the islands. Sutoto sees the runners.Sails for the village. The Chief does not believe in a greatspirit. His philosophy. Strength is the only right. Nocaves on the island. Disappointment of the boys. Badpeople to the north. Their own kin, but convicts. Stealingand lying the only crimes. No crime to steal fromeach other, only from the Chief. The sun as a great Chief.The coming of the ship. The natives on the seashore.Casting of the anchor. Sutoto sees the Chief's daughter.George's captors on the way to the convict colony. Intercessionon the part of the boys. The food at the banquet.The natives' aversion to fish. Snake worshippers.Witch doctors. The bad god Baigona. Peculiar ideasof right and wrong among the natives. The survey of thesouthern part of the island. Triangulation from themast of a ship. | ||
| XI. | [Sutoto and the Chief's Daughter] | [Page 137] |
Sutoto's love affair. Cinda, the Chief's daughter. TheChief is told of the wonders of Wonder Island. About theactivities of the natives on that island. His curiosity.John tells him how the white people live. The acutequestionings of the Chief. Teaching him how trade andcommerce is carried on. Money and its uses. How itgets its value. Why it is a measure only. The trip tothe north in charge of the Chief's son. Gruesome talesof the ferocity of the convicts. John still anxious tofind some particular cave. His chart. The unsolvedmystery of the boat. The clothing of the natives.Bracelets. Glitter to attract natives. Weaving, theonly industry. The aptness of native women to adoptfancy articles of dress and ornament. John's scheme,anticipating the wedding of Sutoto and Cinda. A"State affair." The mission to the Professor. Sendingthe Pioneer to Wonder Island. Stut captain of the ship.Sutoto's secret mission through Stut. | ||
| XII. | [The Skeleton Beneath the Boat] | [Page 148] |
How the present journey reminded the boys of their firstadventure on Wonder Island. Peculiar animals. Thekagu. The fashionable millinery styles. Singular habitof the bird. The benne plant. Its remarkable properties.Lard from trees. The coffee trees. A tree withsandpaper leaves. The indicus. Analyzing soils. Howplants digest food. Larvæ. The early forms of manyanimals. Kinds of food in the earth. The bruang.The sun-bear of Malay. The bear and the honey pot.How it was tamed. The sport. The ocean. George andHarry at the beach. Bathing in the surf. The discoveryof the wreck of an upturned boat. Finding the compartmentsbelonging to their lost boat on WonderIsland. Sending for John. The skeleton beneath theupturned boat. The bound skeleton. The startling discoveryof the same kinds of ropes found in their lostboat. Evidence of a crime. | ||
| XIII. | [A Convict Colony of Natives] | [Page 161] |
Describing the skeleton. A soldier or an adventurer.Their first hatchet. The narrow neck of land. The Roseof Jericho. The resurrection plant. The Australiankangaroo. The exiled people. The Chief's son tells aboutthem. Explains they do not believe in killing except inself-defense. The upas tree. Its flowering branch. Valuablemineral in the hills. Description of the convict'shome. Banishment one of the most serious forms ofpunishment for crimes. The survey of the mountains.Hunting for caves. How the parties, were organized.The influence of odors on human actions. Tests of odorson patients. How they affect dreams. Calcareous formations.Where the real caves are found. Erosive actionof water on limestone. | ||
| XIV. | [A White Paralytic in the Convict Colony] | [Page 174] |
The wide search for the caves. George finds a caveentrance. Preparing to explore the cave. The lamps.A blind lead. A fissure, not an erosion. The joke onGeorge. The first sight of the location of the dreadedcriminal colony. The magnificent wild fruits. Thebeautiful flowers. The first criminals. The industry ofthe people. Cultivating fruit and vegetables. Hutoton.Peculiarity in names. Well-dressed natives. The distinguishedhead of the village. His dignity. The welcometo the village. The well-kept huts. The gardenplots and bowers of flowers. The criminals preparing afeast of welcome. The boys discover a white man. Aparalytic patient. How the convicts cared for him. Surprisedto learn that the convicts rewarded the men whorescued the paralytic. How the savages calculated time.The movement of the sun, and how it gave them the time. | ||
| XV. | [Savage Marriage Customs] | [Page 185] |
Criminal Colonies. The effects on the people. Its advantages.The principles of punishment. Protecting society.Isolating patients who have contagious or infectiousdiseases. Trying to ascertain the identity of theparalytic. John's promise to reward the people for thecare bestowed on the white man. Refusing to be paid,for taking care of him. Contrasting Hutoton with Sasite,the home of the Chief. Returning to Sasite. The firstglimpse of the returning Pioneer. The interesting partyaboard. The Chief and the entire village at the seashore.The Professor. Muro's wife. Blakely. The Chief meetsthe Professor. The Chief knows why the Professor is awise man. The double eyes, spectacles. The Chief withthe spectacles. Muro's wife meets the Chief's wife. Theyconfer about Cinda and Sutoto. The savage customs inmarriage. The ceremonies. Stut tells the boys aboutSutoto's mission to procure his wedding outfit. The surprisingnews that Sutoto and Cinda were to be secretlymarried that night. The plot. Muro's wife informed. | ||
| XVI. | [Sutoto and Cinda's Marriage; and the Surprise] | [Page 193] |
The Chief's wife gets the news. The Chief brought intothe conference. His will the only law on the matter ofmarriage. He consents to their plan. The two requirementsin the ceremony of marriage according to theirrites. The gift of fruit, of fowl, and of game. Theblindfolding of the bridegroom. The absolute silencewhen eating. Preparation for the banquet that night.Sutoto and Cinda arrange to be married that night whilethe people are at the banquet. Decide to conform strictlyto the rites of the tribe. The boys learn of the stealthyplans. Witness the ceremony in Cinda's home. TheChief arrests the bridal couple and takes them aboard theship. The criminals before the Chief. The Chief upbraidsSutoto. The reconciliation. The presents broughtover from Wonder Island. Grief of the boys becausethey had forgotten a present. The surprise of the nativesat the beautiful silver forks. Spices. Coffee.Cream and sugar. Curiosity about the cows. The greatsurprise to Sutoto. He is made Chief of his tribe. Monuments.The presents. The great mirror, the presentof the boys. The crowns. The final ceremony. Thedance. Originally a religious ceremony. The encirclingwreath. | ||
| XVII. | [Hutoton; the Place of Death] | [Page 207] |
Preparations for further explorations. Consulting thecharts. Determine to sail northward, on way to WonderIsland. Reasons from shape of the island why an islandmight be to the north. Geological formations. Upheavals.Islands mere ridges. Sutoto to return toWonder Island. The Chief agrees to go to Wonder Island.His family to accompany him. Proposed visit to Hutoton.Boarding the ship. The welcome of the convicts. Takingthe paralytic to the ship. Stores from the ships forthe convict colony. The Pioneer sails to the north. Discoveryof a new island. Taking observations from thesun. The calendar. Summer and winter. Taking theangle of the sun, and what it means. Triangulation.The nautical chart. Greenwich or Standard time. Theisland which they had left named Venture. The newisland and its magnificent vegetation. John, with theboys and two boatloads, land. The exploring partiesformed. The boys and Muro at the head of one party.Traces of savages. Appearances that cannibals werethere. A shower of arrows their first surprise. Thevolley and the disappearance of the natives. Reappearanceof the savages. Surrounded. Preparing for defense.The second attack. The fight. The natives apparentlypreparing to rush them. | ||
| XVIII. | [Discovery of a New Island, and a Savage Tribe] | [Page 222] |
The effect of the second volley. The determination of theattacking party. The fire on all sides. The ammunitiongetting low. The relief party under John. Hearing thesounds of firing. The surprise of the natives. The savagesrepulsed. Muro and the men follow the fleeingnatives. Recalled by John. Aiding the wounded. Takingalong a wounded Chief. The litter. The decoy. Returningto the ship. Observing the enemy from a tree-top.Following up the party. A rear guard. The runnerreports the determination of the natives to follow.The signal shots to the ship. Reinforcements. The determinationto explore the island and meet the natives.John with the boys and a strong party remain. ThePioneer sails for Wonder Island. Holding a council. | ||
| XIX. | [Fight with Natives and Return to Wonder Island] | [Page 231] |
Arrangements for the Pioneer to return. Ammunitionneeded. The arrangement of the men for scouting andpicketing. Leaving security harbor. A plant which devoursinsects. Venus's fly-trap. How plants absorbfood. Irritability. How the leaf digests the fly. Foodabsorbed by leaves as well as by roots. A cache ofhuman skulls. Head hunters. The vele. A hoodoo.The rattle. The vele and the bamboo box. How it isworked to produce the charm. Evidences of extremesuperstitions. Witch doctors. Peculiar noises. Dolefulsounds. Speculating on the mysteries of the island. | ||