T. T. JEANS,

Surgeon Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy.

Contents

CHAP.

  1. [A Splendid Appointment]
  2. [The Story of the "Twin Death"]
  3. [Skipper of the "Bunder Abbas"]
  4. [Adrift in a Dhow]
  5. [My First Capture]
  6. [The Edge of Civilization]
  7. [The Battle of the Paraffin Can]
  8. [Ugly Rumours]
  9. [Trapping a Caravan]
  10. [The Fight in the "Coffee-Cup"]
  11. [The Cobra Bracelet Again]
  12. [Mr. Scarlett Bares his Arm]
  13. [Rounding up a Prodigal]
  14. [We Deal with Jassim]
  15. [A Tragedy of the Telegraph]
  16. [The Siege of Jask]
  17. [Jassim Takes his Revenge]
  18. [To the Rescue]
  19. [The Grey-Eyed Lady Decides]

Illustrations

[The "Bunder Abbas" comes upon a large Arab dhow in the very act of landing guns] . . . Frontispiece

[The four of us tried to haul the yard and sail on board, hauling for all we were worth]

[Looking through my loophole I saw a tall, fine-looking Arab peering into the chasm beneath]

[Bowing in the most dignified manner to the prodigal son and ourselves, they squatted in a circle round us]