I .-- THE PLAY COMMENCES, 1 II .-- THE HAVEN IN THE CORAL RING, 9 III .-- INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF VARIOUS KINDS, 19 IV .-- NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCES, 33 V .-- CAPTAIN ROY SURPRISES AND GRATIFIES HIS SON, WHO SURPRISES A NEGRO, AND SUDDENLY FORMS AN ASTONISHING RESOLVE, 47 VI .-- THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED, 58 VII .-- WONDERS OF THE HERMIT'S CAVE AND ISLAND, 72 VIII .-- PERBOEWATAN BECOMES MODERATELY VIOLENT, 89 IX .-- DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SINGULAR MEETING UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES, 99 X .-- A CURIOUS SEA-GOING CRAFT--THE UNKNOWN VOYAGE BEGUN, 111 XI .-- CANOEING ON THE SEA--A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT-SURPRISE AND SUDDEN FLIGHT, 123 XII .-- WEATHERING A STORM IN THE OPEN SEA, 140 XIII .-- FRIENDS ARE MET WITH, ALSO PIRATES, AND A LIFE-OR-DEATH PADDLE ENSUES, 153 XIV .-- A NEW FRIEND FOUND--NEW DANGERS ENCOUNTERED AND NEW HOPES DELAYED, 173 XV .-- HUNTING THE GREAT MAN-MONKEY, 189 XVI .-- BEGINS WITH A TERRIBLE FIGHT AND ENDS WITH A HASTY FLIGHT, 204 XVII .-- TELLS OF THE JOYS, ETC., OF THE PROFESSOR IN THE SUMATRAN FORESTS, ALSO OF A CATASTROPHE AVERTED, 217 XVIII .-- A TRYING ORDEAL--DANGER THREATENS AND FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON, 230 XIX .-- A TERRIBLE MURDER AND A STRANGE REVELATION, 243 XX .-- NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES--UNDERTAKES A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL, 259 XXI .-- IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF, 276 XXII .-- A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED, 297 XXIII .-- TELLS OF VOLCANIC FIRES AND A STRANGE RETURN "HOME," 307 XXIV .-- AN AWFUL NIGHT AND TERRIBLE MORNING, 324 XXV .-- ADVENTURES OF THE "SUNSHINE" AND AN UNEXPECTED REUNION, 343 XXVI .-- A CLIMAX, 361 XXVII.--"BLOWN TO BITS," 371 XXVIII .-- THE FATE OF THE "SUNSHINE," 377 XXIX .-- TELLS CHIEFLY OF THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THIS ERUPTION ON THE WORLD AT LARGE, 385 XXX .-- COMING EVENTS, ETC .-- WONDERFUL CHANGES AMONG THE ISLANDS, 401 XXXI .-- ENDS WITH A STRUGGLE BETWEEN INCLINATION AND DUTY, 414 XXXII .-- THE LAST, 425 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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"HE CAME UNEXPECTEDLY ON A CAVERN."-- PAGE 112, _Frontispiece_.
ART ON THE KEELING ISLANDS, _facing page_ 36 THEY DISCOVER A PIRATES' BIVOUAC, 164 "DO YOU HEAR ?" SAID VERKIMIER, STERNLY, 187 BLOWN TO BITS 342 BLOWN TO BITS A TALE OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO..