Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE PLAY COMMENCES
CHAPTER II. THE HAVEN IN THE CORAL RING
CHAPTER III. INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF VARIOUS KINDS
CHAPTER IV. NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER V. CAPTAIN ROY SURPRISES AND GRATIFIES HIS SON, WHO SURPRISES A NEGRO, AND SUDDENLY FORMS AN ASTONISHING RESOLVE
CHAPTER VI. THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED
CHAPTER VII. WONDERS OF THE HERMIT'S CAVE AND ISLAND
CHAPTER VIII. PERBOEWATAN BECOMES MODERATELY VIOLENT
CHAPTER IX. DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SINGULAR MEETING UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
CHAPTER X. A CURIOUS SEA-GOING CRAFT—THE UNKNOWN VOYAGE BEGUN
CHAPTER XI. CANOEING ON THE SEA—A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT-SURPRISE AND SUDDEN FLIGHT
CHAPTER XII. WEATHERING A STORM IN THE OPEN SEA
CHAPTER XIII. FRIENDS ARE MET WITH, ALSO PIRATES, AND A LIFE-OR-DEATH PADDLE ENSUES
CHAPTER XIV. A NEW FRIEND FOUND—NEW DANGERS ENCOUNTERED AND HEW HOPES DELAYED
CHAPTER XV. HUNTING THE GREAT MAN-MONKEY
CHAPTER XVI. BEGINS WITH A TERRIBLE FIGHT AND ENDS WITH A HASTY FLIGHT
CHAPTER XVII. TELLS OF THE JOYS, ETC., OF THE PROFESSOR IN THE SUMATRAN FORESTS, ALSO OF A CATASTROPHE AVERTED
CHAPTER XVIII. A TRYING ORDEAL—DANGER THREATENS AND FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON
CHAPTER XIX. A TERRIBLE MURDER AND A STRANGE REVELATION
CHAPTER XX. NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES—UNDERTAKES A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL
CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XXII. A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED
CHAPTER XXIII. TELLS OF VOLCANIC FIRES AND A STRANGE RETURN "HOME."
CHAPTER XXIV. AN AWFUL NIGHT AND TERRIBLE MORNING
CHAPTER XXV. ADVENTURES OF THE "SUNSHINE" AND AN UNEXPECTED REUNION
CHAPTER XXVI. A CLIMAX
CHAPTER XXVII "BLOWN TO BITS."
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FATE OF THE "SUNSHINE."
CHAPTER XXIX. TELLS CHIEFLY OF THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THIS ERUPTION ON THE WOULD AT LARGE
CHAPTER XXX. COMING EVENTS, ETC.—WONDERFUL CHANGES AMONG THE ISLANDS
CHAPTER XXXI. ENDS WITH A STRUGGLE BETWEEN INCLINATION AND DUTY
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST
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Blown to bits; bits so inconceivably, so ineffably, so "microscopically" small that—but let us not anticipate.
About the darkest hour of a very dark night, in the year 1883, a large brig lay becalmed on the Indian Ocean, not far from that region of the Eastern world which is associated in some minds with spices, volcanoes, coffee, and piratical junks, namely, the Malay Archipelago.
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"No, but very very ill," replied the girl.
"Dear Nelly have never git over the loss of her brother, who—"
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