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Page CHAPTER XVII. - A monster wave and its consequences—The boat lost and found—Peterkin's terrible accident—Supplies of food for a voyage in the boat—We visit Penguin Island, and are amazed beyond measure—Account of the penguins,
156 CHAPTER XVIII. - An awful storm and its consequences—Narrow escape—A rock proves a sure foundation—A fearful night and a bright morning—Deliverance from danger,
170 CHAPTER XIX. - Shoemaking—The even tenor of our way suddenly interrupted—An unexpected visit and an appalling battle—We all become warriors, and Jack proves himself to be a hero,
177 CHAPTER XX. - Intercourse with the savages—Cannibalism prevented—The slain are buried and the survivors depart, leaving us again alone on our Coral Island,
189 CHAPTER XXI. - Sagacious and moral remarks in regard to life—A sail!—An unexpected salute—The end of the black cat—A terrible dive—an incautious proceeding and a frightful catastrophe,
196 CHAPTER XXII. - I fall into the hands of pirates—How they treated me, and what I said to them—The result of the whole ending in a melancholy separation and in a most unexpected gift,
205 CHAPTER XXIII. - Bloody Bill—Dark surmises—A strange sail, and a strange crew, and a still stranger cargo—New reasons for favoring missionaries—A murderous massacre, and thoughts thereon,
216 CHAPTER XXIV. - Bloody Bill is communicative and sagacious—Unpleasant prospects—Retrospective meditations interrupted by volcanic agency—The pirates negotiate with a Feejee chief—Various etceteras that are calculated to surprise and horrify,
227 CHAPTER XXV. - The sandal-wood party—Native children's games, somewhat surprising—Desperate amusements suddenly and fatally brought to a close—An old friend recognized—News—Romata's mad conduct,
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