CONTENTS.CHAP. I. [BY WAY OF BEGINNING]II. [DONALBLANE CARRIES HIS POINT]III. [OFF TO DARIEN]IV. [A RESCUE AND A RETREAT]V. [ACROSS THE ATLANTIC]VI. [A BRUSH WITH BUCCANEERS]VII. [THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF DARIEN]VIII. [A SUCCESSFUL EMBASSY]IX. [IN PERILOUS PLIGHT]X. [THE CHASE OF THE MANATEE]XI. [THE MIDNIGHT ATTACK]XII. [NEW YORK AND HOME]ILLUSTRATIONS[ "HE PLACED THE CHILD UPON THE CHEST, AND HELD HIM THERE THAT HE MIGHT NOT FALL OFF." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece ][ "'YE'VE A GREAT LIKING FOR THE SEA, THEY TELL ME, LAD,' BEGAN MR. BLANE." ][ "THE RAVENING SWINE WERE GAINING UPON HIM." ][ "GLARING DOWN UPON HIM ... THE MOST APPALLING EYES HE HAD EVER BEHELD." ][ "PRESENTLY RAYMON ROSE IN THE BOW, HARPOON IN HAND." ][ "CHANCED TO OVERHEAR A CONVERSATION WHICH MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY HAD DESIGNS UPON MR. PATERSON'S LIFE." ]