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- UNDER THE WAVES; OR, DIVING IN DEEP WATERS, BY R.M.BALLANTYNE.
- 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.
- Edgar smiled sadly as he replied--
- CHAPTER FOUR.
- DIVERS MATTERS.
- CHAPTER FIVE.
- TREATS OF PLOTS AND PLANS, ENGINEERING AND OTHERWISE.
- Baldwin shook his head. "She's too big, I fear, for such treatment."
- CHAPTER SIX.
- CHAPTER SEVEN.
- HISTORICAL BUT NOT HEAVY.
- CHAPTER EIGHT.
- THE GRINDING OF THE SCREW.
- CHAPTER NINE.
- TREATS OF A LEAK AND CONSEQUENT DIFFICULTIES.
- The bosom-friend put her book in front of her mouth and whispered--
- CHAPTER TEN.
- ANXIETIES; DISASTERS; HOPES.
- Suddenly the order came, "Half-speed,"--then abruptly followed, "Stop."
- The lead was hove--the result, "no bottom at thirty fathoms."
- CHAPTER ELEVEN.
- TELLS OF BOLD PLANS, FOLLOWED BY BOLDER DEEDS.
- The letter ran as follows:--
- Miss Pritty graciously acceded to the request, and read:--
- Taking the slate and pencil, Maxwell wrote--"Game for anything!"
- CHAPTER TWELVE.
- DIVING PRACTICE EXTRAORDINARY IN THE EAST.
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
- MISS PRITTY'S "WORST FEARS" ARE MORE THAN REALISED.
- Aileen displayed all her teeth and said, "Perhaps."
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
- SUDDEN AND BAD NEWS INDUCES SUDDEN AND GOOD ACTION.
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
- BEARDING THE LION IN HIS DEN.
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
- Edgar was about to object, but the captain silenced him at once with:--
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
- 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.
- Thereupon Edgar took the slate and wrote:--
- Rubbing this out, Joe wrote:--
- CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
- A CLIMAX IS REACHED.
- Mr Hazlit said this stoutly, and, just as stoutly, Edgar replied:--
- Mr Hazlit took the note, and, with a troubled countenance, read:--
- CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
- THE LAST.
- Joe, who was a quick-witted fellow, replied with much gravity:--
- THE END.