A royal smugglerFront matterReading editionChapter navigation29 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA Royal SmugglerChapter I · AN IMPORTANT LETTER.Chapter II · A GREAT CALAMITY.Chapter III · OUR UNCLE’S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.Chapter IV · THE ROBBERY AND ABDUCTION OF MARIE.Chapter V · WE RUN AWAY AND TAKE SERVICE WITH “NEST-HUNTERS.”Chapter VI · WE SET OUT ON OUR VOYAGE.Chapter VII · THE OLD HEAD-MAN, THE “STRONG ONE,” THE “HANDSOME ONE,” THE “WEAK ONE.”Chapter VIII · WE DESCEND INTO THE NEST-CAVES.Chapter IX · MY ADVENTURES IN THE NEST-CAVES.Chapter X · I RECOGNIZE THE NEST-ROBBERS.Chapter XI · A SEARCH FOR A MARE’S-NEST.Chapter XII · WE BITE THE BITERS, BUT ARE OVERHAULED BY A DUTCH CRUISER.Chapter XIII · WE SELL OUR NESTS, ARE TAKEN PRISONERS, BUT OUTWIT OUR CAPTORS.Chapter XIV · HISTORY OF OUR CAPTAIN: HIS HATRED OF THE DUTCH.Chapter XV · ADVENTURES WITH A BIG SNAKE AND A MAN-EATER.Chapter XVI · WE PICK UP A CHINESE STORY-TELLER, WHO SENDS US TO SLEEP.Chapter XVII · WE ARE HOODWINKED BY THE CHINESE, WHO ROBS US OF OUR ALL.Chapter XVIII · ADVENTURES IN BALI.Chapter XIX · WE VISIT THE CAPITAL OF BLILLING, AND WITNESS SOME WIDOW-BURNING.Chapter XX · WE RETURN TO THE COAST, AND HEAR OF AN OLD ENEMY.Chapter XXI · THE WEN-NECKED HUNCHBACK, AND HIS REVELATIONS TO PRABU.Chapter XXII · WE JOIN A TIGER-HUNT, BUT NARROWLY ESCAPE POISONING, AND ESCAPE TO OUR ISLAND.Chapter XXIII · A FIGHT: A GREAT PERIL AND A TIMELY RESCUE.Chapter XXIV · WE LAND AT MOJOPAHIT, AND ARE IMPRISONED AS REBELS.Chapter XXV · THROUGH WOODS AND WILDS.Chapter XXVI · WE HUNT TIGERS, AND DISCOVER SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES.Chapter XXVII · AND LAST, CONTAINING A TOLERABLY HAPPY ENDING.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →A Royal SmugglerAll chapters and sections (29)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA Royal SmugglerChapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627IN AN INSTANT IT HAD FIXED ITS FANGS UPON THE OLD MAN’S ARM.◇IT HAD FIXED ITS FANGS UPON THE OLD MAN’S ARMtitle pageA Royal Smuggler →