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BOLTON
CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I.— | I SAIL AS SECOND MATE IN THE SARACEN | [1] |
| II.— | WE MEET AND SPEAK THE LOVELY NANCY, SNOW | [7] |
| III.— | THE CAPTAIN AND I TALK OF THE DEATH SHIP | [18] |
| IV.— | WE ARE CHASED AND NEARLY CAPTURED | [33] |
| V.— | WE ARRIVE AT TABLE BAY AND PROCEED THENCE | |
| ON OUR VOYAGE | [50] | |
| VI.— | THE CAPTAIN SPEAKS AGAIN OF THE DEATH SHIP | [62] |
| VII.— | I CONVERSE WITH THE SHIP'S CARPENTER ABOUT | |
| THE DEATH SHIP | [75] | |
| VIII.— | A TRAGICAL DEATH | [88] |
| IX.— | MR. HALL HARANGUES THE CREW | [98] |
| X.— | WE DRAW CLOSE TO A STRANGE AND LUMINOUS SHIP | [110] |
| XI.— | A CRUEL DISASTER BEFALLS ME | [122] |
| XII.— | I AM RESCUED BY THE DEATH SHIP | [136] |
| XIII.— | WY ZYN AL VERDOMD | [147] |
| XIV.— | MY FIRST NIGHT IN THE DEATH SHIP | [168] |
| XV.— | I INSPECT THE FLYING DUTCHMAN | [177] |
| XVI.— | VANDERDECKEN SHOWS ME HIS PRESENT FOR | |
| LITTLE MARGARETHA | [194] | |
| XVII.— | I TALK WITH MISS IMOGENE DUDLEY ABOUT THE | |
| DEATH SHIP | [211] | |
| XVIII.— | THE DEATH SHIP MUST BE SLOW AT PLYING | [245] |
| XIX.— | I WITNESS THE CAPTAIN'S ENTRANCEMENT | [259] |
| XX.— | I HOLD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CREW | [270] |
THE DEATH SHIP.
CHAPTER I.
I SAIL AS SECOND MATE IN THE SARACEN.
I will pass by all the explanations concerning the reasons of my going to sea, as I do not desire to forfeit your kind patience by letting this story stand. Enough if I say that after I had been fairly well grounded in English, arithmetic and the like, which plain education I have never wearied of improving by reading everything good that came in my way, I was bound apprentice to a respectable man named Joshua Cox, of Whitby, and served my time in his vessel, the Laughing Susan—a brave, nimble brigantine.