IV CONTENTS. 



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Raft Riots and Murders Reduced to Thirty Persons The Stronger Part massacre the Others Fifteen Left- 

 Rescued at Last Another Contrast Wreck of the A Iceste Admirable Conduct of the Crew The Ironclad 

 Movement The Battle of the Guns 67 



CHAPTER VI. 



ROUND THE WORLD ON A MAN-OF-WAR. 



The Mediterranean White, Blue, Green, and Purple Waters Gibraltar Its History Its First Inhabitants the Monkeys 

 The Moors The Great Siege preceded by Thirteen Others The Voyage of Sigurd to the Holy Land The Third 

 Siege Starvation The Fourth Siege Red-hot Balls used before ordinary Cannon-balls The Great Plague- 

 Gibraltar finally in Christian Hands A Naval Action between the Dutch and Spaniards How England won 

 the Rock An Unrewarded Hero Spain's Attempts to regain it The Great Siege The Rock itself and its 

 Surroundings The Straits Ceuta, Gibraltar's Rival The Saltness of the Mediterranean " Going aloft" On to 

 Malta 87 



CHAPTER VII. 



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

 MALTA AND THE SUEZ CANAL. 



Calypso's Isle A Convict Paradise Malta, the "Flower of the World" The Knights of St. John Rise of the 

 Order The Crescent and the Cross The Siege of Rhodes L'Isle Adam in London The Great Siege of Malta- 

 Horrible Episodes Malta in French and English Hands St. Paul's Cave The Catacombs Modern Inci- 

 dentsThe Shipwreck of St. Paul Gales in the Mediterranean Experiences of Nelson and Collingwood 

 Squalls in the Bay of San Francisco A Man Overboard Special Winds of the Mediterranean The Suez Canal 

 and M. de Lesseps His Diplomatic Career Said Pacha as a Boy As a Viceroy The Plan settled Financial 

 Troubles Construction of the Canal The Inauguration Fete Suez Passage of the Children of Israel through 

 the Red Sea 98 



CHAPTER VIII. 



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

 THE INDIA AND CHINA STATIONS. 



The Red Sea and its Name Its Ports On to the India Station Bombay : Island, City, Presidency Calcutta -Ceylon, 

 a Paradise The China Station Hong Kong Macao Canton Capture of Commissioner Yeh The Sea of Soup- 

 Shanghai" Jack " Ashore there Luxuries in Market Drawbacks : Earthquakes and Sand Showers Chinese 

 Explanations of Earthquakes The Roving Life of the Sailor Compensating Advantages -Japan and its People 

 The Englishmen of the Pacific Yokohama Peculiarities of the Japanese Off to the North 117 



CHAPTER IX. 



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

 NORTHWARD AND SOUTHWARD-THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. 



The Port of Peter and Paul Wonderful Colouring of Kamchatka Hills- Grand Volcanoes The Fight at Petropaulovski 

 A Contrast- An International Pic-nic-A Double Wedding-Bering's Voyages-Kamchatka worthy of Further 

 Exploration Plover Bay Tchuktchi Natives Whaling A Terrible Gale A Novel " Smoke-stack "Southward 

 again The Liverpool of the East Singapore, a Paradise New Harbour Wharves and Shipping Cruelties 

 of the Coolie Trade Junks and Prahus-The Kling-gharry Drivers The Durian and its Devotees Australia- 

 Its Discovery-Botany Bay and the Convicts-The First Gold-Port Jackson-Beauty of Sydney-Port Philip 

 and Melbourne 131 



CHAPTER X. 

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



THE PACIFIC STATION. 



Across the Pacific Approach to the Golden Gate The Bay of San Francisco The City First Dinner Ashore Cheap 

 Luxury San Francisco by Night The Land of Gold, Grain, and Grapes Incidents of the Early Days Expensive 

 Papers A Lucky Sailor Chances for English Girls The Baby at the Play A capital Port for Seamen Hospitality 

 of Californians Victoria, Vancouver Island The Naval Station at Esquimau A Delightful Place Advice to 

 Intending Emigrants British Columbian Indians Their Fine Canoes Experiences of the Writer The Island on 



