Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata

CHAP.  I.—­THE PLAY COMMENCES, 1

II.—­THE HAVEN IN THE CORAL RING, 9

III.—­INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF VARIOUS KINDS, 19

IV.—­NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING
EXPERIENCES, 33

      V.—­CAPTAIN ROY SURPRISES AND GRATIFIES HIS SON,
          WHO SURPRISES A NEGRO, AND SUDDENLY FORMS
          AN ASTONISHING RESOLVE, 47

     VI.—­THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED, 58

    VII.—­WONDERS OF THE HERMIT’S CAVE AND ISLAND, 72

   VIII.—­PERBOEWATAN BECOMES MODERATELY VIOLENT, 89

     IX.—­DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SINGULAR MEETING
          UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES, 99

      X.—­A CURIOUS SEA-GOING CRAFT—­THE UNKNOWN VOYAGE
          BEGUN, 111

     XI.—­CANOEING ON THE SEA—­A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT-SURPRISE
          AND SUDDEN FLIGHT, 123

    XII.—­WEATHERING A STORM IN THE OPEN SEA, 140

   XIII.—­FRIENDS ARE MET WITH, ALSO PIRATES, AND A
          LIFE-OR-DEATH PADDLE ENSUES, 153

    XIV.—­A NEW FRIEND FOUND—­NEW DANGERS ENCOUNTERED
          AND NEW HOPES DELAYED, 173

     XV.—­HUNTING THE GREAT MAN-MONKEY, 189

    XVI.—­BEGINS WITH A TERRIBLE FIGHT AND ENDS WITH
          A HASTY FLIGHT, 204

   XVII.—­TELLS OF THE JOYS, ETC., OF THE PROFESSOR IN
          THE SUMATRAN FORESTS, ALSO OF A CATASTROPHE
          AVERTED, 217

  XVIII.—­A TRYING ORDEAL—­DANGER THREATENS AND
          FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON, 230

    XIX.—­A TERRIBLE MURDER AND A STRANGE REVELATION, 243

     XX.—­NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES—­UNDERTAKES
          A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL, 259

    XXI.—­IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF, 276

   XXII.—­A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED, 297

  XXIII.—­TELLS OF VOLCANIC FIRES AND A STRANGE
          RETURN “HOME,” 307

   XXIV.—­AN AWFUL NIGHT AND TERRIBLE MORNING, 324

    XXV.—­ADVENTURES OF THE “SUNSHINE” AND AN UNEXPECTED
          REUNION, 343

   XXVI.—­A CLIMAX, 361

  XXVII.—­“BLOWN TO BITS,” 371

 XXVIII.—­THE FATE OF THE “SUNSHINE,” 377

   XXIX.—­TELLS CHIEFLY OF THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF
          THIS ERUPTION ON THE WORLD AT LARGE, 385

    XXX.—­COMING EVENTS, ETC.—­WONDERFUL CHANGES
          AMONG THE ISLANDS, 401

   XXXI.—­ENDS WITH A STRUGGLE BETWEEN INCLINATION
          AND DUTY, 414

  XXXII.—­THE LAST, 425