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Departure from China--The "Malta"--Singapore--Penang--The Island of Ceylon--The "Bentinck"--Aden--In the Red Sea-- The Isthmus of Suez--Cairo--The Nile--The Pyramids-- Boulac--Alexandria--The "Valetta"--Malta-- Marseilles--End of a Journey Round the World _page_ 136
On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly. To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the contin...
15. CHAPTER V.Towards four o'clock in the afternoon, on the 4th of October, 1854, I went on board the brig "Caldera," which, under a Chilian flag, was about to set sail that evening for Calif...
16. CHAPTER VI.Day broke, and the last shades of night faded and fled. The pirates assembled us on deck, counted us over to see that none were missing, lifted the hatches at the foot of the ma...
13. CHAPTER III.I spent a year at San Francisco, and, during that time, paid a visit to Sacramento, which is the second large city of California. The steamer took me there in a single day, and...
18. CHAPTER VIII.We had hoped that the day would, as usual, bring us some little liberty and fresh air; but the pirates were too busy to heed us. Absorbed in the pursuit of gain, they were all d...
19. CHAPTER IX.Overwhelmed with joy, I staggered back, and fell, half-fainting, upon deck. By the time that I had recovered, the boats were within a yard or two of the junk. My strength was al...
14. CHAPTER IV.After eighteen months of Californian life, a circumstance occurred, which changed, not only my position, but my prospects. I became acquainted with one Madame Nelson, a French l...
11. CHAPTER I.In the year 1852, on a fine spring morning, I arrived in Havre with my eldest sister, who was going, on commercial matters, to California. We spent several days in Havre; and on...
12. CHAPTER II.On the 21st of November, 1852, we came in sight of the little islands called the Farellones, which lie at the mouth of the bay of San Francisco, and of Bonetta Point, which, tow...
20. CHAPTER X.On the 11th of November, 1854, I was received on board the "Malta," government mail-packet. The vice-consul accompanied me on board, as if to assure me of his generous protectio...
10. CHAPTER X.Departure from China--The "Malta"--Singapore--Penang--The Island of Ceylon--The "Bentinck"--Aden--In the Red Sea-- The Isthmus of Suez--Cairo--The Nile--The Pyramids-- Boulac--A...
7. CHAPTER VII.2. CHAPTER II.9. CHAPTER IX.5. CHAPTER V.1. CHAPTER I.6. CHAPTER VI.8. CHAPTER VIII.4. CHAPTER IV.3. CHAPTER III.