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Fire The Chinook Jargon Indian "Pigeon-English "North to Alaska The Purchase of Russian America by the 

 United States Results Life at Sitka Grand Volcanoes of the Aleutian Islands The Great Yukon River- 

 American Trading Posts round Bering Sea . 156 



CHAPTER XI. 



HOUND THE WORLD ON A MAN-OF-WAR (continued}. 

 FROM THE HORN TO HALIFAX. 



The Dreaded Horn The Land of Fire Basil Hall's Phenomenon A Missing Volcano The South American Station- 

 Falkland Islands A Free Port and Naval Station Penguins, Peat, and Kelp Sea Trees The West India Station 

 Trinidad Columbus's First View of it Fatal Gold Charles Kingsley's Enthusiasm The Port of Spain A Happy- 

 go-lucky People Negro Life Letters from a Cottage Orn6e Tropical Vegetation Animal Life Jamaica- 

 Kingston Harbour Sugar Cultivation The Queen of the Antilles Its Paseo Beauty of the Archipelago A 

 Dutch Settlement in the Heart of a Volcano Among the Islands The Souffriere Historical Reminiscences- 

 Bermuda : Colony, Fortress, and Prison Home of Ariel and Caliban The Whitest Place in the World Bermuda 

 Convicts New York Harbour The City First Impressions Its Fine Position Splendid Harbour Forest of 

 Masts The Ferry-boats, Hotels, and Bars Offenbach's Impressions Broadway, Fulton Market, and Central 

 Park New York in Winter Frozen Ships The Great Brooklyn Bridge Halifax and its Beauties Importance of 

 the Station Bedford Basin The Early Settlers The Blue Noses Adieu to America 175 



CHAPTER XII. 



ROUND THE WORLD ON A MAN-OF-WAR (continued). 

 THE AFRICAN STATION. 



Its Extent Ascension Turtle at a Discount Sierra Leone An Unhealthy Station The Cape of Good Hope Cape 

 Town Visit of the Sailor Prince Grand Festivities Enthusiasm of the Natives Loyal Demonstrations An 

 African " Derby "Grand Dock Inaugurated Elephant Hunting The Parting Ball The Life of a Boer Circular 

 Farms The Diamond Discoveries A 12,000 Gem A Sailor First President of the Fields Precarious Nature of 

 the Search Natal Inducements held out to Settlers St. Helena and Napoleon Discourteous Treatment of a 

 Fallen Foe The Home of the Caged Lion 20*2 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 THE SERVICE. OFFICERS' LIFE ON BOARD. 



Conditions of Life on Ship-board A Model Ward-room An Admiral's Cabin Captains and Captains The Sailor and 

 his Superior Officers A Contrast A Commander of the Old School Jack Larmour Lord Cochrane's Experiences 

 His Chest curtailed -The Stinking Ship The First Command Shaving under Difficulties The Kpeedy and her 

 Prizes The Doctor On Board a Gun-boat Cabin and Dispensary Cockroaches and Centipedes Other Horrors 

 The Naval Chaplain His Duties Stories of an Amateur The Engineer His Increasing Importance Popularity 

 of the Navy Nelson always a Model Commander The Idol of his Colleagues, Officers, and Men Taking the 

 Men into his Confidence The Action between the Bcllona and Co urageux Captain Falknor's Speech to the Crew 

 An Obsolete Custom Crossing the Line Neptune's Visit to the Quarter-deck The Navy of To-day Its Back- 

 boneProgressive Increase in the Size of Vessels Naval Volunteers A Noble Movement Excellent Results 

 The Naval Reserve . 214 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE REVERSE OF THE PICTURE MUTINY. 



Bligh's Bread-fruit Expedition Voyage of the Bounty Otaheite The Happy Islanders First Appearance of a 

 Mutinous Spirit -The Cutter stolen and recovered The Bounty sails with 1,000 Trees The Mutiny Bligh 

 overpowered and bound Abandoned with Eighteen Others Their Resources Attacked by Natives A Boat 

 Voyage of 3,618 Miles Violent Gales Miserable Condition of the Boat's Crew Bread by the Ounce Rum by 

 the Tea-spoonful Noddies and Boobies "Who shall have this?" Off the Barrier Reef A Haven of Rest- 

 Oyster and Palm-top Stews Another Thousand Miles of Ocean Arrival at Coupang Hospitality of the 

 Residents Ghastly Looks of the Party Death of Five of the Number The Pandora dispatched to catch the 

 Mutineers Fourteen in Irons Pandora's Box The Wreck Great Loss of Life Sentences of the Court 

 Martial The Last of the Mutineers Pitcairn Island A Model Settlement Another Example : The Greatest 

 Mutiny of History 10,000 Disaffected Men at One Point Causes Legitimate Action of the Men at, First- 

 Apathy of Government Serious Organisation The Spithead Fleet ordered to Sea Refusal of the Crews 



