ELLEN E. FREWER

ILLUSTRATED

1879


CONTENTS.

[PART THE FIRST]
[I] THE "PILGRIM"
[II] THE APPRENTICE
[III] A RESCUE
[IV] THE SURVIVORS OF THE "WALDECK"
[V] DINGO'S SAGACITY
[VI] A WHALE IN SIGHT
[VII] PREPARATIONS FOR AN ATTACK
[VIII] A CATASTROPHE
[IX] DICK'S PROMOTION
[X] THE NEW CREW
[XI] ROUGH WEATHER
[XII] HOPE REVIVED
[XIII] LAND AT LAST
[XIV] ASHORE
[XV] A STRANGER
[XVI] THROUGH THE FOREST
[XVII] MISGIVINGS
[XVIII] A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY
[PART THE SECOND]
[I] THE DARK CONTINENT
[II] ACCOMPLICES
[III] ON THE MARCH AGAIN
[IV] ROUGH TRAVELLING
[V] WHITE ANTS
[VI] A DIVING-BELL
[VII] A SLAVE CARAVAN
[VIII] NOTES BY THE WAY
[a]IX] KAZONDÉ
[X] MARKET-DAY
[XI] A BOWL OF PUNCH
[XII] ROYAL OBSEQUIES
[XIII] IN CAPTIVITY
[XIV] A RAY OF HOPE
[XV] AN EXCITING CHASE
[XVI] A MAGICIAN
[XVII] DRIFTING DOWN THE STREAM
[XVIII] AN ANXIOUS VOYAGE
[XIX] AN ATTACK
[XX] A HAPPY REUNION.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Number Title
I-01-a Cousin Benedict
I-01-b Captain Hull advanced to meet Mrs. Weldon and her party
I-02-a Negoro
I-02-b Dick and Little Jack
I-03-a Negoro had approached without being noticed by any one
I-03-b The dog began to swim slowly and with manifest weakness towards the boat
I-04-a Mrs. Weldon assisted by Nan and the ever active Dick Sands, was doing everything in her power to restore consciousness to the poor sufferers
I-04-b The good-natured negroes were ever ready to lend a helping hand
I-05-a "There you are, then, Master Jack!"
I-05-b Jack cried out in the greatest excitement that Dingo knew how to read
I-05-c Negoro, with a threatening gesture that seemed half involuntary, withdrew immediately to his accustomed quarters
I-06-a "This Dingo is nothing out of the way"
I-06-b Occasionally Dick Sands would take a pistol, and now and then a rifle
I-06-c "What a big fellow!"
I-07-a The captain's voice came from the retreating boat
I-07-b "I must get you to keep your eye upon that man"
I-08-a The whale seemed utterly unconscious of the attack that was threatening it
I-08-b The boat was well-nigh full of water, and in imminent danger of being capsized
I-08-c There is no hope
I-09-a "Oh, we shall soon be on shore!"
I-09-b "Oh yes, Jack; you shall keep the wind in order"
I-10-a All three of them fell flat upon the deck
I-10-b Jack evidenced his satisfaction by giving his huge friend a hearty shake of the hand
I-10-c A light shadow glided stealthily along the deck
I-11-a For half an hour Negoro stood motionless
I-12-a Under bare poles
I-12-b Quick as lightning, Dick Sands drew a revolver from his pocket
I-12-c "There! look there!"
I-13-a "You have acquitted yourself like a man"
I-13-b They both examined the outspread chart
I-13-c The sea was furious, and dashed vehemently upon the crags on either hand
I-14-a Surveying the shore with the air of a man who was trying to recall some past experience
I-14-b Not without emotion could Mrs. Weldon, or indeed any of them, behold the unfortunate ship
I-14-c The entomologist was seen making his way down the face of the cliff at the imminent lisk of breaking his neck
I-15-a "Good morning, my young friend"
I-15-b "He is my little son"
I-15-c They came to a tree to which a horse was tethered
I-16-a The way across the forest could scarcely be called a path
I-16-b Occasionally the soil became marshy
I-16-c A halt for the night
I-16-d Hercules himself was the first to keep watch
I-17-a "Don't fire!"
I-17-b A herd of gazelles dashed past him like a glowing cloud
I-17-c A halt was made for the night beneath a grove of lofty trees
I-18-a "Look here! here are hands, men's hands"
I-18-b The man was gone, and his horse with him!
II-02-a They were seated at the foot of an enormous banyan-tree
II-02-b Both men, starting to their feet, looked anxiously around them
II-02-c Dingo disappeared again amongst the bushes
II-03-a "You must keep this a secret"
II-03-b "Harris has left us"
II-03-c The march was continued with as much rapidity as was consistent with caution
II-04-a It was a scene only too common in Central Africa
II-04-b Another brilliant flash brought the camp once again into relief
II-04-c One after another, the whole party made their way inside
II-05-a Cousin Benedict's curiosity was awakened
II-05-b The naturalist now fairly mounted on a favourite hobby
II-05-c "My poor boy, I know everything"
II-06-a They set to work to ascertain what progress the water was making
II-06-b All fired simultaneously at the nearest boat
II-06-c The giant clave their skulls with the butt end of his gun
II-07-a The start was made
II-08-a If ever the havildar strolled a few yards away, Bat took the opportunity of murmuring a few words of encouragement to his poor old father
II-08-b The caravan had been attacked on the flank by a dozen or more crocodiles
II-08-c The creature that had sprung to my feet was Dingo
II-08-d More slaves sick, and abandoned to take their chance
II-09-a Adjoining the commercial quarter was the royal residence
II-09-b With a yell and a curse, the American fell dead at his feet
II-10-a Accompanied by Coïmbra, Alvez himself was one of the first arrivals
II-11-a The potentate beneath whose sway the country trembled for a hundred miles round
II-11-b Alvez advanced and presented the king with some fresh tobacco
II-11-c The king had taken fire internally
II-12-a "Your life is in my hands!"
II-12-b All his energies were restored
II-13-a Friendless and hopeless He contented himself with the permission to go where he pleased within the limits of the palisade
II-13-b "I suppose Weldon will not mind coming to fetch you?"
II-14-a Dr. Livingstone
II-14-b With none to guide him except a few natives
II-14-c "You are Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
II-15-a The insufferable heat had driven all the residents within the depôt indoors
II-15-b Before long the old black speck was again flitting just above his head
II-15-c For that day at least Cousin Benedict had lost his chance of being the happiest of entomologists
II-16-a The entire crowd joined in
II-16-b "Here they are, captain! both of them!!"
II-17-a Hercules could leave the boat without much fear of detection
II-17-b It was caused by a troop of a hundred or more elephants
II-18-a He stood face to face with his foe
II-18-b Instantly five or six negroes scrambled down the piles
II-19-a Upon the smooth wood were two great letters in dingy red
II-19-b The dog was griping the man by the throat
II-19-c The bullet shattered the rudder-scull into fragments