CONTENTS.

CHAPTER III.

Boucher's prank. The Purser outwitted by Frank. Sketches of Ireland. People

warm-hearted. Cases of distress. Generosity of the Poor. Irish Beggar. The Pig.

dealer. Srish Wake. A Pattern, or Patron Saint An Trish Scrimmage. The
Giant's Causeway. Loch Dergh. Holy Well. St. Patrick's Purgatory. A Storm.
Ship on fire. The fall of two Sailors from a yard. Mast cut away. Loss of the
Nancy. A vessel renders assistance. Explosion of the ship. Captain and boat's
crew lost. The remainder sail for Guttenburg. Frank's stories about Newfound-
land and Canada. The Eider Duck. River Saint Lawrence. Quebec. Algonquin
Sodians. The Enowy Owl. Cape Diamond. Indian Deer-hunting. Bison traps.
Boavers and Otters. The Saw-fish, Icebergs. Frank falls overboard. The She: -
land and Orkney islands. Bird-catching at Foula. Account of a ship swallowed up
by the Maelstroom. Arrival at Gottenburg

CHAPTER IV.

Frank writes home to his Father. Excursions into the Country. Adventure with

a Bear. Frank and a Peasant arrive in time to rescue Paul. Bear-hunt. Forest

on Fire. The Golden Eagle. Swarm of Lemings. Squirrels crossing a River.

Fight between two Eagles. Narrow escape from a Bear and her cubs. The

Eagle and Fish-hawk. Cruelty of young People to the brute creation : 104

CHAPTER V.

Language of the Brute Creation. Newfoundland Puppy and French Poodle. The

Martin and Sparrows. The Secretary Falcon. Cackling of Geese. The Wild

Goose. The Long-Taland Farmer and the Labrador Geese. Bellowing Cattle. Mr.

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Wilson and the Quails. The young Tiger and Spaniel Dog. The Quails and

Chickens. The yelping Dog. The Cricket. The Actor Dog. Macaire's duel

with a Dog. The shrieking Jackal. Geese-hunting at Hudson's Bay. The French

Poodle Dog and the Fowls. The Rook's Nest. The Swallow. The Wolves.

The Elephant. Lapland. Northern Lights. Travelling. Taming Wild Animals.

The Rein-deer. Milking scene. Prank of a Laplander. Paul and Frank ride a

sledge. Frank's disaster. Accidents. Extraordinary feat of a Rein-deer. Fop

and the Wagoner. The Lapland Gad fly. Petersburgh. Russian Izba or Cottage.

Bronze Statue of Peter the Great. Frank's Illness. Frank and the Bible. Power

of a Mother's Prayer
. . . . . . .

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CHAPTER VI.

Flying Squirrels. A terrible scene in the Woods with Russian Robbers. The Grave

dug by Moonlight. The old Man with the white Mustaches. The Robber-Captain

stabs the Count's Daughter. Paul Preston grapples with the Murderer. The Attack

of the Servants. The Robbers overpowered. Kalamski sentenced to the Knout.

The two Executioners. The Sentence executed. The Death of the Robber

Captain

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CHAPTER VII.

Paul Preston and Frank Berkeley go on board a King's Ship. Ben Bloxidge and Patrick

C'Grady. The Yarn about the Serpent. The strange tale of the Hippopotamos.

Frank receives a Letter from his Father. Reflection. Paul Preston's Moonlight

Adventure by the side of the Vistula. Frank and Paul leave Dantzick for Am.

sterdam

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CHAPTER VIII.

Sailor carried off by a distemper. Ifis Body committed to the Deep. Affecting

Tale of a young Irishwoman. She loses her Child. Great Affection for him.

Kindness of the Captain. The Funeral at Fair Covo. Suardam in Holland. The

Sea.Wolf. Holland and the Netherlands. Old Legend about Antwerp. Brabon

and the Dutch Giant. Old Chassé and the Siege of Antwerp. Paul and Frank

boat up the Rhine. Switzerland. The Chamois Hunters. Paul and Frank at-

tend the Hunters in the Chuse. Frank falls down a declivity. Glaciers. Daring

feat of a Hunter

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CHAPTER IX.

Mountains. Precipices. Heedless Enterprise of Paul Preston Village of Marti

gny. Monks of La Trappe. Fearful Precipice. A Rift in the narrow Path. Paul

Proston's alarm at the Loss of one of the Guides. The Lichen in flower. The

hair-bseadth Escape. The fearful Pags. The broken Bridge. Perilous Situation

in crossing the River Drance. Ascent of Mont Blanc. Paul and Frank visit

France. Fight between a French Horse and a Lion. Paul Preston's Adventure

with a Wolf . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER X.

Paul Preston and Frank Berkeley go to Spain. Battle between the French and the

Spaniards and Portuguese. The Portuguese Marshal and the wounded Sergeant

Madrid. The Prado, and Spanish guitars. A Bull-fight. The Black Murcian

Bull. The Penitent at the Black Covfessional. The Mysterious Murder. The

Andalusian Banditti. The Narrow Pass. Encounter with the Rubbers. Surres

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der of Paul and Frank.

Soldiers . . .

Second encounter.

. . . .

The Robbers taken prisoners by the

. . . .

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CHAPTER XI.

The Slave Ship, the Pestilence, and the old Negro. Visit to the African Sbore.

Fort Ceuta. Algiers and the French. Huts in trees. Catebing young Tigers.

Paul and Frank embark for Greece in the Rambler. Tbe Whale. The Shining

Waters. The old Sailor's Story. The Whale Fishery. Captain Donnell. Nag-

tucket Whaling. Spitzbergen, Greenland, and Brazil Fisheries. The Sergeant's

Story. His Adventures in the South Seas. The poor Widow. The Fair

Ellen's last Voyage. Frank leaves the Ship, and goes to Italy. Paul Preston

lands in Greece. Athens. Temples in Ruins. Description of a Greek. Alba

nians and Suliotes . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

CHAPTER XII.

Paul Preston attacked by Pirates on the Archipelago. Pirates' Care. Escape.

Frank joins Paul Preston at Athens. Sails for Constantinople. Mosque of St.

Sophia. Dance of Dervishes. Rumour of the Plague. Description of the Turks.

Leaves Constantinople for Alexandria. Contrast between the old City and the

present one. Paul and Frank sail up the Nile. Fierce encounter of a Hippo-

potamus. The Father Sickle-bill, or White Ibis of Egypt. The Hyena, or

Wolf-dog · · · · .

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CHAPTER XIII.

Paul and Frank proceed up the Nile. A Jewish Funeral.

the Nile. Debbat. A Giraffe Hunt. The Rhinoceros.

An Elephant crossing

Egyptian Antiquities

The Sphinx at Gizeh. "The Albatros. Crocodiles of the Nile The Palin-tree
of Egypt and Arabia. The Arabian Canel. Camel-fights. Caravans to Mecca.
The Bactrian Camel. Return to Alexandria. Numidian Crane. Enibark for Gib-
raltar. Paul Preston loses the Bible given him by his Mother. His great dis-
tress. He goes with Frank on board the Rufus bound to Boston. They meet
their old friend, Boucher the Purser. Laughable affair on Boucher's Birth-day.
Grassy Sea. Boucher’s Accident. Arrival at Boston. Paul and Frank agree to
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