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The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean

Robert Michael Ballantyne
Preface

Contents

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I. MY EARLY LIFE AND CHARACTER
II.  THE DEPARTURE—­A DREADFUL STORM
IIITHE CORAL ISLAND
IV.  OUR ISLAND DESCRIBED—­CURIOUS DISCOVERIES
V. ENCHANTING EXCURSIONS AMONG THE CORAL GROVES
VI.  AN EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR
VIIHORRIBLE ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK
VIIITHE BEAUTIES OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA TEMPT PETERKIN TO DIVE
IX.  PREPARE FOR A JOURNEY ROUND THE ISLAND
X. MAKE DISCOVERY OF MANY EXCELLENT ROOTS AND FRUITS
XI.  EFFECTS OF OVER-EATING, AND REFLECTIONS THEREON
XIISOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TANK
XIIINOTABLE DISCOVERY AT THE SPOUTING CLIFFS
XIVSTRANGE PECULIARITY OF THE TIDES
XV.  BOAT-BUILDING EXTRAORDINARY
XVITHE BOAT LAUNCHED—­WE VISIT THE CORAL REEF
XVIIA MONSTER WAVE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
XVIIIAN AWFUL STORM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
XVIXAN UNEXPECTED VISIT AND AN APPALLING BATTLE
XX.  INTERCOURSE WITH THE SAVAGES—­CANNIBALISM PREVENTED
XXIA SAIL!—­AN UNEXPECTED SALUTE
XXIII FALL INTO THE HANDS OF PIRATES
XXIIIA STRANGE SAIL, AND A STRANGE CREW
XXIVUNPLEASANT PROSPECTS
XXVTHE SANDAL-WOOD PARTY
XXVIMISCHIEF BREWING—­MY BLOOD IS MADE TO RUN COLD
XXVIIREFLECTIONS—­THE WOUNDED MAN
XXVIIIALONE ON THE DEEP—­NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
XXIXTHE EFFECT OF A CANNON-SHOT
XXXTHE VOYAGE
XXXIA STRANGE AND BLOODY BATTLE
XXXIIAN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY
XXXIIITHE FLIGHT—­THE PURSUIT
XXXIVIMPRISONMENT—­SINKING HOPES
XXXVCONCLUSION

Preface

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