D I C K S A N D S

THE BOY CAPTAIN.

BY

JULES VERNE.

TRANSLATED BY

ELLEN E. FREWER

ILLUSTRATED

1879

CONTENTS.

PART THE FIRST

I THE "PILGRIM"

II THE APPRENTICE

III A RESCUE

IV THE SURVIVORS OF THE "WALDECK"

V DINGO'S SAGACITY

VI A WHALE IN SIGHT

VII PREPARATIONS FOR AN ATTACK

VIII A CATASTROPHE

IX DICK'S PROMOTION

X THE NEW CREW

XI ROUGH WEATHER

XII HOPE REVIVED

XIII LAND AT LAST

XIV ASHORE

XV A STRANGER

XVI THROUGH THE FOREST

XVII MISGIVINGS

XVIII A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY

PART THE SECOND

I THE DARK CONTINENT

II ACCOMPLICES

III ON THE MARCH AGAIN

IV ROUGH TRAVELLING

V WHITE ANTS

VI A DIVING-BELL

VII A SLAVE CARAVAN

VIII NOTES BY THE WAY

IX KAZONDÉ

X MARKET-DAY

XI A BOWL OF PUNCH

XII ROYAL OBSEQUIES

XIII IN CAPTIVITY

XIV A RAY OF HOPE

XV AN EXCITING CHASE

XVI A MAGICIAN

XVII DRIFTING DOWN THE STREAM

XVIII AN ANXIOUS VOYAGE

XIX AN ATTACK

XX A HAPPY REUNION.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Number Title

I-01-a Cousin Benedict

I-01-b Captain Hull advanced to meet Mrs. Weldon and her party

I-02-a Negoro

I-02-b Dick and Little Jack

I-03-a Negoro had approached without being noticed by any one

I-03-b The dog began to swim slowly and with manifest weakness towards the boat

I-04-a Mrs. Weldon assisted by Nan and the ever active Dick Sands, was doing everything in her power to restore consciousness to the poor sufferers

I-04-b The good-natured negroes were ever ready to lend a helping hand

I-05-a "There you are, then, Master Jack!"

I-05-b Jack cried out in the greatest excitement that Dingo knew how to read

I-05-c Negoro, with a threatening gesture that seemed half involuntary, withdrew immediately to his accustomed quarters

I-06-a "This Dingo is nothing out of the way"

I-06-b Occasionally Dick Sands would take a pistol, and now and then a rifle

I-06-c "What a big fellow!"

I-07-a The captain's voice came from the retreating boat

I-07-b "I must get you to keep your eye upon that man"

I-08-a The whale seemed utterly unconscious of the attack that was threatening it

I-08-b The boat was well-nigh full of water, and in imminent danger of being capsized

I-08-c There is no hope

I-09-a "Oh, we shall soon be on shore!"

I-09-b "Oh yes, Jack; you shall keep the wind in order"

I-10-a All three of them fell flat upon the deck

I-10-b Jack evidenced his satisfaction by giving his huge friend a hearty shake of the hand

I-10-c A light shadow glided stealthily along the deck

I-11-a For half an hour Negoro stood motionless

I-12-a Under bare poles

I-12-b Quick as lightning, Dick Sands drew a revolver from his pocket

I-12-c "There! look there!"

I-13-a "You have acquitted yourself like a man"

I-13-b They both examined the outspread chart

I-13-c The sea was furious, and dashed vehemently upon the crags on either hand

I-14-a Surveying the shore with the air of a man who was trying to recall some past experience

I-14-b Not without emotion could Mrs. Weldon, or indeed any of them, behold the unfortunate ship

I-14-c The entomologist was seen making his way down the face of the cliff at the imminent lisk of breaking his neck

I-15-a "Good morning, my young friend"

I-15-b "He is my little son"

I-15-c They came to a tree to which a horse was tethered

I-16-a The way across the forest could scarcely be called a path

I-16-b Occasionally the soil became marshy

I-16-c A halt for the night

I-16-d Hercules himself was the first to keep watch

I-17-a "Don't fire!"

I-17-b A herd of gazelles dashed past him like a glowing cloud

I-17-c A halt was made for the night beneath a grove of lofty trees

I-18-a "Look here! here are hands, men's hands"

I-18-b The man was gone, and his horse with him!

II-02-a They were seated at the foot of an enormous banyan-tree

II-02-b Both men, starting to their feet, looked anxiously around them

II-02-c Dingo disappeared again amongst the bushes

II-03-a "You must keep this a secret"

II-03-b "Harris has left us"

II-03-c The march was continued with as much rapidity as was consistent with caution

II-04-a It was a scene only too common in Central Africa

II-04-b Another brilliant flash brought the camp once again into relief

II-04-c One after another, the whole party made their way inside

II-05-a Cousin Benedict's curiosity was awakened

II-05-b The naturalist now fairly mounted on a favourite hobby

II-05-c "My poor boy, I know everything"

II-06-a They set to work to ascertain what progress the water was making

II-06-b All fired simultaneously at the nearest boat

II-06-c The giant clave their skulls with the butt end of his gun

II-07-a The start was made

II-08-a If ever the havildar strolled a few yards away, Bat took the opportunity of murmuring a few words of encouragement to his poor old father

II-08-b The caravan had been attacked on the flank by a dozen or more crocodiles

II-08-c The creature that had sprung to my feet was Dingo

II-08-d More slaves sick, and abandoned to take their chance

II-09-a Adjoining the commercial quarter was the royal residence

II-09-b With a yell and a curse, the American fell dead at his feet

II-10-a Accompanied by Coïmbra, Alvez himself was one of the first arrivals

II-11-a The potentate beneath whose sway the country trembled for a hundred miles round

II-11-b Alvez advanced and presented the king with some fresh tobacco

II-11-c The king had taken fire internally

II-12-a "Your life is in my hands!"

II-12-b All his energies were restored

II-13-a Friendless and hopeless He contented himself with the permission to go where he pleased within the limits of the palisade

II-13-b "I suppose Weldon will not mind coming to fetch you?"

II-14-a Dr. Livingstone

II-14-b With none to guide him except a few natives

II-14-c "You are Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

II-15-a The insufferable heat had driven all the residents within the depôt indoors

II-15-b Before long the old black speck was again flitting just above his head

II-15-c For that day at least Cousin Benedict had lost his chance of being the happiest of entomologists

II-16-a The entire crowd joined in

II-16-b "Here they are, captain! both of them!!"

II-17-a Hercules could leave the boat without much fear of detection

II-17-b It was caused by a troop of a hundred or more elephants

II-18-a He stood face to face with his foe

II-18-b Instantly five or six negroes scrambled down the piles

II-19-a Upon the smooth wood were two great letters in dingy red

II-19-b The dog was griping the man by the throat

II-19-c The bullet shattered the rudder-scull into fragments