WILLIAM T. ADAMS.
Dorchester, Mass., Aug. 15, 1893.

CONTENTS

I.[The Salihé Alongside the Guardian-Mother]
II.[The Big Four arrange an Excursion]
III.[The Possible Dangers of the Voyage]
IV.[An Exploration of Gibraltar Bay]
V.[At the Mouth of the Palmones River]
VI.[The Battle on the Deck of the Salihé]
VII.[The Big Four as Prisoners in the Cabin]
VIII.[A Moral Conspiracy on Board the Salihé]
IX.[Working up the Details of the Scheme]
X.[Lassoing the Scotchman]
XI.[The Return of the Victorious Knight-Errant]
XII.[The Smugglers make a Trip to Algeciras]
XIII.[What is Worth Knowing about Gibraltar]
XIV.[American Witnesses in a Spanish Court]
XV.[Exploring the Rock of Gibraltar]
XVI.[An Addition for the Fun of the Big Four]
XVII.[The Ship's Company of the Steamer Maud]
XVIII.[An Afternoon Excursion to Tangier]
XIX.[Enter Ali-Noury Pacha and the Fatimé]
XX.[An Unexpected Peril in View]
XXI.[Euchring the Grand Mogul]
XXII.[Consternation on Board the Ship]
XXIII.[A Fugitive from the Enemy]
XXIV.[A Stormy Interview with Ali-Noury Pacha]
XXV.[The Starboard and Port Watches of the Maud]
XXVI.[The Pacha finds he has caught a Tartar]
XXVII.[A Few Lessons in Navigation]
XXVIII.[Morris on "The Rule of the Road"]
XXIX.[The Prospect of a Water-Famine]
XXX.[The Maud inclined to turn Somersets]
XXXI.[Captain Scott sets a Reefed Foresail]
XXXII.[The Meeting of the Two Steamers]
XXXIII.[The Professor's Lecture on Algeria]
XXXIV.[Oriental Views in Algiers]
XXXV.[The Arrival at Constantinople]
XXXVI.[The City of the Sultan]
XXXVII.[The Sultan and the Dancing Dervishes]
XXXVIII.[His Highness in the Oriental City]

AMERICAN BOYS AFLOAT

CHAPTER I

THE SALIHÉ ALONGSIDE THE GUARDIAN-MOTHER

"It seems to me that I have seen that little steam-yacht before," said Louis Belgrave, as the four young Americans stood upon the promenade deck of the Guardian-Mother, of which the speaker was the owner, though the young man was only seventeen years of age.