CHAP.

  1. [How Dick Ford went to Sea]
  2. [Introduces Sally Hobbs]
  3. [The Vigilant under Orders]
  4. [The Loss of Lieutenant Travers]
  5. [Midshipman Ford's First Command]
  6. [The "Sally" goes into Action]
  7. [Mr. Rashleigh takes Command]
  8. [The Vigilant Sails Again]
  9. [Mr. Hoffman's Secret]
  10. [The Vigilant under Fire]
  11. [The Landing Party]
  12. [Midshipman Ford on his Mettle]
  13. [Mr. Ching to the Rescue]
  14. ["Old Lest" takes a Hand]
  15. [The Retreat]
  16. [Ford saves "Old Lest's" Life]
  17. [Goodbye to the Huan Min]
  18. [A Midnight Adventure]
  19. [The Captain Receives a Present]
  20. [Home Again]

Illustrations

[The skipper receives the Mandarin] . . . Frontispiece

[A Fierce Tussle]

["He hacked and hacked"]

[Close Fighting]

["He was just going to fire"]

["The Skipper took her up in his arms"]

[Plan of Creek (Hector Island)]