MASTER ROCKAFELLAR’S VOYAGE

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

“BE PLEASED TO GET IN AND GO AWAY.”

[See page 175.]

MASTER ROCKAFELLAR’S
VOYAGE

BY
W. CLARK RUSSELL
AUTHOR OF “MY DANISH SWEETHEART,” ETC., ETC.

WITH 27 ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE

FIFTH EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First PublishedOctober1890
Second EditionNovember1894
Third EditionAugust1906
Fourth EditionNovember1910
Fifth Edition1913

CONTENTS

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
HE BEGS TO GO TO SEA[1]
CHAPTER II.
HIS FIRST DAY ON BOARD SHIP[17]
CHAPTER III.
HE SAILS FROM GRAVESEND[30]
CHAPTER IV.
HE GOES ALOFT[45]
CHAPTER V.
HE SIGHTS A SHIP[59]
CHAPTER VI.
HE IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING[74]
CHAPTER VII.
HE HEARS A BELL[88]
CHAPTER VIII.
HE SEES THE EQUATOR[103]
CHAPTER IX.
HE SEES AN ICEBERG[209]
CHAPTER X.
HE SIGHTS A WRECK[227]
CHAPTER XI.
HE SEES A STRANGE LIGHT[243]
CHAPTER XII.
HE ARRIVES HOME[259]