CONTENTS.
Reading edition
CHAPTER. PAGE.
I. Woolwich Dockyard at Noon.—A Deserter from H. M. S. Stinger 1
II. The Boatswain's Tea-Party.—Engagement of J. Thompson, able seaman, and Miss Mary Ann Ross 10
III. The Court-Martial on board H. M. S. Victory 16
IV. Thompson gets into a Difficulty with the Regular Army.—Amateur Theatricals, and a Surprised Party 23
V. The Merciful Sentence is Carried Out 32
VI. H. M. S. Stinger leaves for the Cape.—Some of the Letters written upon that important occasion 37
VII. In Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope.—Extraordinary Delusion on the part of Captain Puffeigh with regard to a lovely German Fraulein 44
VIII. The Persecution of Charles Dunstable, ordinary seaman 50
IX. At Singapore.—Thompson Visits Mr. Oldcrackle, and is Most Hospitably Entertained.—The Effect of a Lovely Pair of Black Eyes upon a too Susceptible Sailor 55
X. Fatal Result of Crushe's Tyranny.—Death of a Good Officer, and Execution of his Assassin 64
XI. Hong-Kong.—The Stingers Among the Pirates.—Last Moments of Old Jemmy 72
XII. The Stingers March to the Rescue of a Young Lady.—Smoking Out a Pirate's Nest 81
XIII. Puffeigh falls in with a Yankee Captain, of whom he Buys some Experience.—Clare's Hallucination 89
XIV. Capture of Thompson by "The Heathen Chinee."—Captain Puffeigh and Lieutenant Crushe are Promoted, and leave the Ship 95
XV. Thompson Escapes from Sse-tsein, and Ships on board a Canal Boat.—Captain Mo and his Wife Jow.—Bigamy 107
XVI. An Assault at Arms, and the Stories of two inoffensive Sailors 117
XVII. A-tae 126
XVIII. Captain Woodward and Yaou-chung.—How the Taontai "Played it" upon his Guests 134
XIX. "O-mi-tu-fuh!"—A Chinese Girl's Love and Devotion.—Thompson's Appearance as a Star Comedian 143
XX. The Battle of Chow-chan Creek.—Marriage of Miss Moore 152
XXI. The Stinger Visits Japan.—Mr. Shever's Last Pipe 161
XXII. Up the River.—Clare Goes through Fire and Water.—On to Canton 168
XXIII. Thompson turns Bill-Sticker.—The Notice to Quit Served on Governor Yeh.—Poetry 177
XXIV. What the Stingers did towards Taking Canton 187
XXV. Farewell to "The Heathen Chinee."—Hard Times again for the Stingers.—Thompson Re-visits his Old Flame at the Cape 194
XXVI. Thompson Falls (Platonically) in Love with a Charming Young Lady "who calls herself Cops" while he is Courted by her Bonne.—Cement for a Broken Heart 204
XXVII. The Widow's Wooing and What Came of it.—Thompson is Exposed to a Raking Fire, but comes off with Flying Colours 214
XXVIII. Home 224
BLUE JACKETS;
OR, THE ADVENTURES OF
J. THOMPSON, A. B., AMONG "THE HEATHEN CHINEE."