Printed in Great Britain at

The Mayflower Press, Plymouth. William Brendon & Son, Ltd.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
Knocked Out[17]
CHAPTER II
The Mascot[28]
CHAPTER III
An All-night Watch[36]
CHAPTER IV
Investigations[44]
CHAPTER V
Adrift[51]
CHAPTER VI
In the Fog[57]
CHAPTER VII
The Derelict[70]
CHAPTER VIII
The Man they Rescued[79]
CHAPTER IX
What Marner Revealed[87]
CHAPTER X
Blueskin’s Plot[96]
CHAPTER XI
How it Failed[101]
CHAPTER XII
Out of Action[111]
CHAPTER XIII
The Stowaway[117]
CHAPTER XIV
The Peril of the Race[130]
CHAPTER XV
“To be Returned in Due Course”[142]
CHAPTER XVI
The “Kestrel” to the Rescue[150]
CHAPTER XVII
Becalmed[159]
CHAPTER XVIII
The Admiral[168]
CHAPTER XIX
The Convict[177]
CHAPTER XX
The Last Lap[191]
CHAPTER XXI
The Eve of the Jamboree[204]
CHAPTER XXII
The Race for the Cup[211]
CHAPTER XXIII
A Dead Heat[223]
CHAPTER XXIV
Snatched from the Deep[232]
CHAPTER XXV
Home Again[245]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
In the Toils of the Dreaded RaceFrontispiece
PAGE
A Cowardly Deed and a Plucky Rescue[24]
An Unwelcome Visitor[184]
Returning Good for Evil[240]

THE

SEA SCOUTS OF THE “KESTREL”