A few foot-notes are subjoined by way of illustration of what might have been carried on throughout the volume; and an [Appendix] will be found at the end, containing some explanation of topics which the continuity of the fiction necessarily left somewhat obscure.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.PAGE
I.—[WHY BODMILCAR, THE TYRIAN SAILOR, HATES HANNO, THE SIDONIAN SCRIBE][1]
II.—[THE SACRIFICE TO ASHTORETH][19]
III.—[CHAMAI RECOGNISED BY THE ATTENDANT OF THE SLAVE][44]
IV.—[KING DAVID][61]
V.—[PHARAOH ARRIVES TOO LATE][76]
VI.—[CRETE AND THE CRETANS][98]
VII.—[CHRYSEIS PREFERS HANNO TO A KING][112]
VIII.—[AN AFFAIR WITH THE PHOCIANS][132]
IX.—[THE LAND OF OXEN][148]
X.—[GISGO THE EARLESS RECOVERS HIS EARS][166]
XI.—[OUR HEADS ARE IN PERIL][175]
XII.—[I CONSULT THE ORACLE][196]
XIII.—[THE SILVER MINES OF TARSHISH][207]
XIV.—[AN AMBUSCADE][219]
XV.—[JUDGE GEBAL DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF][234]
XVI.—[PERILS OF THE OCEAN][243]
XVII.—[JONO, THE GOD OF THE SUOMI][260]
XVIII.—[JONAH WAXES AMBITIOUS][277]
XIX.—[BODMILCAR AGAIN][287]
XX.—[THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN][295]
XXI.—[THE QUEEN OF SHEBA][307]
XXII.—[BELESYS FINDS BICHRI SOMEWHAT HEAVY][314]
XXIII.—[WE SETTLE OUR ACCOUNTS WITH BODMILCAR][327]

LIST OF FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[THE QUEEN OF SHEBA][Frontispiece] & [309]
[HANNO PROCEEDED TO DRAW UP THE ARTICLES][8]
[HANNO CAUGHT UP A LARGE PITCHER][11]
[MY SALUTE][45]
[THE IONIAN COMMENCED ONE OF THE SONGS OF HER NATIVE LAND][52]
[SHORTLY BEFORE SUNSET WE REACHED JERUSALEM][63]
[WAITING FOR THE KING TO SPEAK][67]
["DOWN, YOU PHŒNICIAN THIEVES!"][85]
[THE SOLDIERS RAPIDLY CROSSED THEIR LANCES][86]
[PLEASED WITH HIS MORNING'S WORK][99]
["THE MELKARTH!"][106]
[BORNE TO ITS RESTING-PLACE][121]
[HOMER][129]
[UNAWARES IN AN AMBUSH][132]
[HANNO AND CHRYSEIS BESPEAK THEIR ATTENTION][140]
["IF YOU ADVANCE ONE STEP BEYOND THIS LANCE"][152]
[CLOSE TO ETNA][163]
[UTICA][187]
[A HUGE ELEPHANT WAS BEING LED PAST][191]
[I PROSTRATED MYSELF THREE TIMES][202]
[AN AVALANCHE OF STONES][220]
[NO QUARTER][222]
[ON THE VERY POINT OF SLAYING THE CHILD][228]
[THE DESPICABLE SYRIAN][229]
[I DID WHAT I COULD TO CONSOLE HASDRUBAL][247]
[JUDGE GEBAL][248]
[BICHRI AND DIONYSOS BROUGHT THEM BOTH DOWN][258]
[HE DASHED IT TO THE GROUND][262]
[SEVERAL OF THE SAVAGES ENTERED THE HUT][267]
[THE GOD JONO][275]
[BLOWING HIS TRUMPET][284]
[THE CHILD HAD FOUND THE LEAK][293]
[IT SNAPPED A PIKE-STAFF IN TWO][301]
[IN HONOUR OF THEIR GENERAL][322]
[WE WERE COMMANDED TO HALT][324]
[HIMILCO AND GISGO IN ANIMATED CONVERSATION WITH THE CHALDEAN SOLDIERS][327]
[MY ACCOUNT WAS SETTLED WITH BODMILCAR][335]

And Thirty-six smaller Text Illustrations.