CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]

Account of Sir Charles Wilmot—Loss of the Grosvenor—Sir Charles's doubts respecting the Survival of his Wife and Children—Alexander Wilmot—His Character—The Newspaper Paragraph—Details of the Wreck of the Grosvenor—Surmises as to the Fate of the Passengers

[CHAPTER II.]

Alexander's Reflections—His Plan—Sir Charles opposes it—His unwilling Consent—Alexander's Departure

[CHAPTER III.]

Alexander's Melancholy—Finds a Friend—Sea Sickness—Mr. Fairburn—The Passengers—Conversations—The Cape—Mr. Fairburn's Account of the Treatment of the Hottentots by the Dutch

[CHAPTER IV.]

Natural History discussed—Mr. Swinton's Enthusiasm—Further History of the Cape—Dutch Barbarity—Alexander's Indignation

[CHAPTER V.]