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        CHAPTER XXI A FALSE TRAIL

        CHAPTER XXII THE FLOOD

        CHAPTER XXIII A SINGULAR ABODE

        CHAPTER XXIV PAGANEL’S DISCLOSURE

        CHAPTER XXV BETWEEN FIRE AND WATER

        CHAPTER XXVI THE RETURN ON BOARD

       Part 2

        CHAPTER I A NEW DESTINATION

        CHAPTER II TRISTAN D’ACUNHA AND THE ISLE OF AMSTERDAM

        CHAPTER III CAPE TOWN AND M. VIOT

        CHAPTER IV A WAGER AND HOW DECIDED

        CHAPTER V THE STORM ON THE INDIAN OCEAN

        CHAPTER VI A HOSPITABLE COLONIST

        CHAPTER VII THE QUARTERMASTER OF THE “BRITANNIA”

        CHAPTER VIII PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY

        CHAPTER IX A COUNTRY OF PARADOXES

        CHAPTER X AN ACCIDENT

        CHAPTER XI CRIME OR CALAMITY

        CHAPTER XII TOLINE OF THE LACHLAN

        CHAPTER XIII A WARNING

        CHAPTER XIV WEALTH IN THE WILDERNESS

        CHAPTER XV SUSPICIOUS OCCURRENCES

        CHAPTER XVI A STARTLING DISCOVERY

        CHAPTER XVII THE PLOT UNVEILED

        CHAPTER XVIII FOUR DAYS OF ANGUISH

        CHAPTER XIX HELPLESS AND HOPELESS

       Part 3

        CHAPTER I A ROUGH CAPTAIN

        CHAPTER II NAVIGATORS AND THEIR DISCOVERIES

        CHAPTER III THE MARTYR-ROLL OF NAVIGATORS

        CHAPTER IV THE WRECK OF THE “MACQUARIE”

        CHAPTER V CANNIBALS

        CHAPTER VI A DREADED COUNTRY

        CHAPTER VII THE MAORI WAR

        CHAPTER VIII ON THE ROAD TO AUCKLAND

        CHAPTER IX INTRODUCTION TO THE CANNIBALS

        CHAPTER X A MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW

        CHAPTER XI THE CHIEF’S FUNERAL

        CHAPTER XII STRANGELY LIBERATED

        CHAPTER XIII THE SACRED MOUNTAIN

        CHAPTER XIV A BOLD STRATAGEM

        CHAPTER XV FROM PERIL TO SAFETY

        CHAPTER XVI WHY THE “DUNCAN” WENT TO NEW ZEALAND

        CHAPTER XVII AYRTON’S OBSTINACY

        CHAPTER XVIII A DISCOURAGING CONFESSION

        CHAPTER XIX A CRY IN THE NIGHT

        CHAPTER XX CAPTAIN GRANT’S STORY

        CHAPTER XXI PAGANEL’S LAST ENTANGLEMENT

       Part 1.

      CHAPTER I THE SHARK

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      ON the 26th of July, 1864, a magnificent yacht was steaming along the North Channel at full speed, with a strong breeze blowing from the N. E. The Union Jack was flying at the mizzenmast, and a blue standard bearing the initials E. G., embroidered in gold, and surmounted by a ducal coronet, floated from the topgallant head of the mainmast. The name of the yacht was the DUNCAN, and the owner was

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