CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



AN INVITATION TO TRAVEL. 



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Herefordshire The Term " Hunting " A Visit to the West An Invitation 

 My Friend Morris Sport in the Highlands The Battery Buying 

 Guns Our Armament Beads and Gewgaws Particulars of our Per- 

 sonal Outfit 1 



CHAPTER II. 



FROM LONDON DOCKS TO DARTMOUTH. 



Berths booked Scenes at Parting Bustle at the Docks Brusque John Bull 

 and Polite Frenchman Our Vessel British and French Sailors 

 Good-byes at Gravesend Down Channel Dutch Galliots French 

 Luggers Johnny Crapaud A Fruiterer Opposition Sailing on the 

 Mississippi Beauty of Dartmouth 9 



CHAPTER m. 



MY FELLOW-PASSENGERS. 



Our Cuisine Eeminiscences of Olden Days Plum Duff A Yarn An Old 

 Acquaintance " The Plunger " Mr. Holly The Clergyman A Pilau 

 a la Chinoise Mr. and Mrs. Crommy 17 



CHAPTER IV. 



FROM MADEIRA TO THE CAPE. 



A Charmed Island Madeira from the Sea Its Foreign Aspect Old Build- 

 ings and their Inmates New Blood Wanted Land Sharks Its Horses 

 Teneriffe A Splendid Picture African Memories " Whales ! " 

 Experience Teaches Whales Porpoises, Bonito, and Skip- Jacks Amuse- 

 ments on Board Ship A Death at Sea Holly redivivus The Plunger's 

 Little Game The Poundmaster's Ignorant Insolence Table Bay . . 24 



