CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.
OF MY BOYHOOD, AND HOW, BEING CAST AWAY AT SEA, I AM CARRIED TO THE WEST INDIES AGAINST MY WILL	1
CHAPTER II.
OF MY ESCAPE FROM THE FRENCH SHIP, AND MY LANDING IN HISPANIOLA	18
CHAPTER III.
I JOIN A BROTHERHOOD OF HUNTERS AND ADVENTURERS ON THE COAST	27
CHAPTER IV.
OF THE LIFE OF A BUCCANEER	39
CHAPTER V.
HOW WE ENCOUNTER GREAT DANGERS, THE SPANIARDS ATTACKING US	44
CHAPTER VI.
HOW THE DEADLY FEVER OF THE COAST FASTENS ON ME	58
CHAPTER VII.
THE BUCCANEERS TIRE OF THE LIFE ON SHORE, AND DETERMINE TO GO AGAIN TO SEA	64
CHAPTER VIII.
THE LEGEND OF FOUL-WEATHER DON	73
CHAPTER IX.
THE AUTHOR, WITH SUNDRY OF HIS COMRADES, SET OUT FOR THE CREEK WHERE HE LEFT HIS BARK, AND THERE BRAVELY CAPTURE A SPANISH SCHOONER	89
CHAPTER X.
THEY RETURN WITH THE PRIZE TO THE MARMOUSETTES, AND NICKY HAMSTRING SHORTLY RELATES HIS HISTORY	103
CHAPTER XI.
THE BUCCANEERS PRESENTLY SET SAIL IN THE SCHOONER FOR JAMAICA, WITH A RELATION OF THE EVENTS WHICH HAPPENED THERE	110
CHAPTER XII.
OF THE DEATH OF AN OLD FRIEND	125
CHAPTER XIII.
THE BUCCANEERS SAIL FOR THE SPANISH MAIN, AND ARE CHASED BY A GREAT SHIP OF WAR	131
CHAPTER XIV.
THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF THE UNKNOWN SHOALS AND THE DWARF PILOT	140
CHAPTER XV.
AT LENGTH THEY CATCH THE DWARF PILOT, AND HEAR STRANGE THINGS TOUCHING A TREASURE	157
CHAPTER XVI.
HOW THE DWARF TURNS TRAITOR, AND OF HIS FATE	170
CHAPTER XVII.
OF THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR THE SUNKEN TREASURE—WEARYING AT LENGTH OF THE UNDERTAKING, THEY PURSUE THEIR COURSE—THE LEGEND OF ‘NELL’S BEACON,’ OR THE ‘CORPUS SANT’	183
CHAPTER XVIII.
A KNAVE OF THE CREW PLAYING WITH COGGED DICE IS KEEL-HAULED	191
CHAPTER XIX.
WE CRUISE OFF CARTHAGENA AWAITING THE GALLEON, AND I FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE SPANIARDS	205
CHAPTER XX.
I AM TRIED AND TORTURED BY THE SPANIARDS	220
CHAPTER XXI.
HOW I ESCAPE FROM THE SPANISH GUARDHOUSE—AM CHASED BY BLOOD-HOUNDS IN THE WOODS, AND HOW AT LENGTH I FIND A STRANGE ASYLUM	243
CHAPTER XXII.
THE FAMILY OF THE SPANISH MERCHANT	263
CHAPTER XXIII.
HOW WE SAIL TO JOIN THE PEARL FLEET, AND THE NEGRO DIVER’S STORY	282
CHAPTER XXIV.
MY ADVENTURES AMONG THE PEARL FISHERS, AND MY ESCAPE FROM THE FLEET	303
CHAPTER XXV.
THE PIRAGUA IS PICKED UP BY A GREAT PRIVATEER, AND I FIND MYSELF AMONG NEW SHIPMATES	338
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE LEGEND OF THE DEMON WHO HAUNTS POINT MORANT IN JAMAICA	357
CHAPTER XXVII.
WHAT HAPPENS ABOARD THE ‘SAUCY SUSAN’—AND THE ENDING OF HER AND HER CREW	369
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE FOODLESS BOAT AND THE ISLAND	397
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD	412
CHAPTER THE LAST.
I MEET OLD FRIENDS	416