Towerhouse, Boston, Nov. 3, 1877.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | The Telegraphic Despatch | [11] |
| II. | The Letter from London | [25] |
| III. | An Approaching Squall | [39] |
| IV. | A Vessel in Distress | [53] |
| V. | Boarding the Wreck | [67] |
| VI. | A Volunteer Ship’s Company | [81] |
| VII. | The Invalid Young Lady | [95] |
| VIII. | The Ville d’Angers | [109] |
| IX. | The New Ship’s Company | [123] |
| X. | Something about the Madeira Islands | [137] |
| XI. | Budding Vines and Orange-Groves | [151] |
| XII. | Concerning the Missing Steamer | [165] |
| XIII. | A Mutiny in the Fire-Room | [180] |
| XIV. | The Wreck of the Castle William | [194] |
| XV. | A Change of Destination | [208] |
| XVI. | The Wine-Room of the Ville d’Angers | [222] |
| XVII. | Striking while the Iron is Hot | [236] |
| XVIII. | A Trip to the Canary Islands | [250] |
| XIX. | Walks and Talks about the Canary Islands | [263] |
| XX. | “A Yankee Ship and a Yankee Crew” | [276] |
| XXI. | The Sprigs of Nobility | [292] |
| XXII. | What the Students saw in the Azores | [306] |
| XXIII. | Carrying out the Programme | [319] |
| XXIV. | A Hasty Run to the Cape Verds | [333] |
| XXV. | The Last of the Isles of the Sea | [348] |
| XXVI. | Young America Homeward Bound | [363] |
ISLES OF THE SEA.
ISLES OF THE SEA;
OR,
YOUNG AMERICA HOMEWARD BOUND.
CHAPTER I.
THE TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
“ALL hands, pipe to muster!” shouted the boatswain of the Tritonia.
At the same moment the shrill whistle and the sharp cry sounded through the American Prince and the Josephine. The squadron was at anchor in Gibraltar Bay; and since seven bells in the first watch, the signal, “Assign rank,” had been displayed on the American Prince, the flag-ship of the fleet.
It was the first day of April. The merit marks of the students had been added since the last recitations, and the offices were to be given out at eight bells. The squadron had visited all the ports of the Spanish Peninsula, and several trips to the interior had been made. The fleet was to sail to Seville to witness the scenes of Holy Week; and this excursion was to finish the cruise, not only in the waters of Spain and Portugal, but in those of Europe. The vessels would then be homeward bound, but by the way of the “Isles of the Sea.”