Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
Preface
Chapter One. Introduces our Hero, one of his Advisers, and some of his Difficulties
Chapter Two. Describes a first Visit to the Bottom of the Sea
Chapter Three. Refers to a small Tea-Party, and touches very mildly on Love
Chapter Four. Divers Matters
Chapter Five. Treats of Plots and Plans, Engineering and otherwise
Chapter Six. A sunken Wreck inspected, sundry wonderful Doings under Water Recorded, and various Plans successfully carried out
Chapter Seven. Historical but not Heavy
Chapter Eight. The Grinding of the Screw
Chapter Nine. Treats of a Leak and consequent Difficulties
Chapter Ten. Anxieties; Disasters; Hopes
Chapter Eleven. Tells of bold Plans, followed by bolder Deeds
Chapter Twelve. Diving Practice Extraordinary in the East
Chapter Thirteen. Treasure recovered—Accidents encountered—An unexpected Discovery—Enemies met and circumvented
Chapter Fourteen. Miss Pritty’s “Worst Fears” are more than realised
Chapter Fifteen. Sudden and bad News induces sudden and good Action
Chapter Sixteen. Bearding the Lion in his Den
Chapter Seventeen. Recounts the wild, fierce, and in some Respects peculiar Incidents of a Bush Fight
Chapter Eighteen. Lifts the Curtain slightly as to piratical Doings in the nineteenth Century
Chapter Nineteen. A Fight with Malay Pirates
Chapter Twenty. The Fight concluded
Chapter Twenty One. Difficulties of various Kinds, also Troubles, and a Discovery
Chapter Twenty Two. Miscellaneous Matters, ending with a “Scrimmage” under Water
Chapter Twenty Three. More about the Sea
Chapter Twenty Four. Taking the Tide at the Ebb
Chapter Twenty Five. Shows how our Hero formed Plans, how Miss Pritty formed Plots, and how the small Domestic amused herself
Chapter Twenty Six. A Climax is reached
Chapter Twenty Seven. The last
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“So, sir, it seems that you’ve set your heart on learning something of everything?”
The man who said this was a tall and rugged professional diver. He to whom it was said was Edgar Berrington, our hero, a strapping youth of twenty-one.
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“I have no doubt of it whatever,” returned the youth, “but I was going to say, when you interrupted me, it is her eyes that are her strong point—her deep, liquid, melting blue eyes, that look at you so earnestly, and seem to pierce—”
“Ay, just so,” interrupted the diver; “pierce into you like a gimblet, goin’ slap agin the retina, turnin’ short down the jugular, right into the heart, where they create an agreeable sort o’ fermentation. Oh! Don’t I know?—my Susan all over!”
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