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TO
LEOPOLD HUDSON, ESQ.
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Warden of Middlesex Hospital College

IN GRATITUDE


CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME

CHAPTER PAGE
I. DOWN CHANNEL[ 1]
II. THE FRENCH LUGGER[ 20]
III. MY FELLOW PASSENGERS[ 43]
IV. LOUISE TEMPLE[ 60]
V. A MYSTERIOUS VOICE[ 84]
VI. WE LOSE A MAN[ 108]
VII. A SEA FUNERAL[ 130]
VIII. A STRANGE CARGO[ 161]
IX. A SECRET BLOW[ 182]
X. THE HUMOURS OF AN INDIAMAN [ 203]
XI. A STRANGE SAIL[ 223]
XII. A STORM OF WIND[ 246]
XIII. FIRE![ 270]
XIV. CRABB[ 292]

MY SHIPMATE LOUISE