The first edition of this book is dated 1860. The edition used is dated 1864. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co, 21 Berners Street, London. The number of pages is 440.

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Contents

Chapter I.
The Schooner.

Chapter II.
Bumpus is Fiery and Philosophical—Murderous Designs Frustrated.

Chapter III.
A Rough Walk Enlivened by Rambling Talk—Bumpus is “Agreeable.

Chapter IV.
The Missionary—Suspicions, Surprises, and Surmises.

Chapter V.
The pastor’s household—Preparations for war.

Chapter VI.
Suspicions allayed and re-awakened.

Chapter VII.
Master Corrie caught napping—Snakes in the grass.

Chapter VIII.
A surprise—A battle and a fire.

Chapter IX.
Baffled and perplexed—Plans for a rescue.

Chapter X.
The pursuit—Poopy, led on by love and hate, rushes to the rescue.

Chapter XI.
A ghost—A terrible combat ending in a dreadful plunge.

Chapter XII.
Dangerous navigation and doubtful pilotage—Montague is hot, Gascoyne sarcastic.

Chapter XIII.
Doings on board the “Foam.“

Chapter XIV.
Greater mysteries than ever—A bold move and a clever escape.

Chapter XV.
Remarkable doings of Poopy—Extraordinary case of resuscitation.

Chapter XVI.
A wild chase—Hope, disappointment, and despair—The sandal-wood trader outwits the man-of-war.

Chapter XVII.
The escape.

Chapter XVIII.
The Goat’s Pass—An Attack, A Bloodless Victory, and a Sermon.

Chapter XIX.
Sorrow and Sympathy—The Widow Becomes a Pleader, and Her Son Engages in a Single Combat.

Chapter XX.
Mysterious Consultations and Plans—Gascoyne Astonishes his Friends, and Makes an Unexpected Confession.

Chapter XXI.
A Terrible Doom for an Innocent Man.

Chapter XXII.
The Rendezvous—An Episode—Peculiar Circumstances—and Other Matters.

Chapter XXIII.
Plans Partially Carried Out—The Cutter’s Fate—And A Serious Misfortune.

Chapter XXIV.
An Unexpected Meeting—Doings on the Isle of Palms—Gascoyne’s Despair.

Chapter XXV.
Surly Dick—The Rescue.

Chapter XXVI.
The Capture and the Fire.

Chapter XXVII.
The Pacific is not always calm, but neither is it always stormy.

Chapter XXVIII.
A Peculiar Confidant—More Difficulties, And Various Plans To Overcome Them.

Chapter XXIX.
Bumpus is Perplexed—Mysterious Communings and a Curious Leave-Taking.

Chapter XXX.
More Leave-Taking—Deep Designs—Bumpus in a New Capacity.

Chapter XXXI.
The Ambush—The Escape—Retributive Justice—And Conclusion.

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