BLACKIE & SON LIMITED

LONDON AND GLASGOW

By Percy F. Westerman

Rivals of the Reef.

A Shanghai Adventure.

Pat Stobart in the "Golden Dawn".

The Junior Cadet.

Captain Starlight.

The Sea-Girt Fortress.

On the Wings of the Wind.

Captured at Tripoli.

Captain Blundell's Treasure.

The Third Officer.

Unconquered Wings.

The Buccaneers of Boya.

The Riddle of the Air.

Chums of the "Golden Vanity".

The Luck of the "Golden Dawn".

Clipped Wings.

The Salving of the "Fusi Yama".

Winning his Wings.

A Lively Bit of the Front.

A Cadet of the Mercantile Marine.

The Good Ship "Golden Effort".

East in the "Golden Gain".

The Quest of the "Golden Hope".

Sea Scouts Abroad.

Sea Scouts Up-Channel.

The Wireless Officer.

A Lad of Grit.

The Submarine Hunters.

Sea Scouts All.

The Thick of the Fray.

A Sub and a Submarine.

Under the White Ensign.

The Fight for Constantinople.

With Beatty off Jutland.

Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. OF THE FUGITIVE FROM SEDGEMOOR

II. THE TWO DRAGOONS ON THE BROCKENHURST ROAD

III. CAPTAIN JEREMY'S SURPRISE

IV. THE MADRE DE DIOS

V. THE CHART

VI. A MIDNIGHT INTRUDER

VII. THE CAVE IN THE LONELY HEATH

VII. CONCERNING THE EVENTS THAT PROMPTED ME TO A DESPERATE RESOLVE

IX. FLIGHT

X. IN THE HOLD

XI. MY FIRST DAY AT SEA

XII. A BRUSH WITH ALGERINES

XIII. OF THE MYSTERIOUS SHIP IN THE MIDST OF THE OCEAN

XIV. "CAPTAIN 'ENERY"

XV. WE ARRIVE AT TREASURE ISLAND

XVI. A HASTY RECALL

XVII. ATTACKED BY BUCCANEERS

XVIII. "REPEL BOARDERS!"

XIX. BLOWN UP

XX. THE REPULSE AT THE STOCKADE

XXI. CAPTAIN CRADDOCK

XXII. A LEAP FOR LIFE

XXIII. THE PERILS OF THE SHOAL

XXIV. MORE TROUBLE IN SIGHT

XXV. WE ARRIVE AT THE HIDING-PLACE OF THE TREASURE

XXVI. UNTOLD WEALTH

XXVII. THE MUTINY OF THE NEPTUNE

XXVIII. THE FATE OF THE MUTINEERS

XXIX. HOMEWARD BOUND

XXX. THE LAST OF MY SWORN ENEMY

XXXI. THE BURNING SHIP

XXXII. CONSTANCE'S STORY

XXXIII. SAFE IN PORT

Illustrations

CAPTAIN JEREMY IS WOUNDED (Frontispiece)

I DESCENDED HAND OVER HAND

THE TREASURE OF THE "MADRE DE DIOS"

I SHOUTED TO THE MEN TO HEAVE ROUNDLY

MAP OF THE ISLAND

[Illustration: MAP OF THE ISLAND]

AThe Golden Hope in harbour.

BThe stockade.

CPath taken by first expedition in search of the treasure.

CCPath taken by successful expedition.

DWreck of the Madre de Dios.

ECave where Clifford was held prisoner.

FShoal where Clifford was attacked by octopus.

GSite of the master gunner's ambuscade.

HBuccaneers' harbour and settlement.

KWreck of the Black Arrow.

LFalse landmark erected by Captain Jeremy's orders.

MWreck of Neptune owing to false bearings.

NWhere the treasure was found.

OCove where Cherry and the long-boat's crew landed.

PDeep water channel inside shoals, unknown to Captain Jeremy.

QExisting path between buccaneers' harbour and south side of island.

RBearing for navigating channel.

The track of the Golden Hope into the harbour is shown by the black line.

The shaded portion of the shoals were uncovered at low water.