Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures

Roger Riddle continues his story--Goes to sea as a man-o'-war's-man-- His voyages--The Mediterranean--Toulon--Chasing the enemy--Caught in a trap--A hard fight for it--Escape of...

South Sea whaler--I write a letter home, and how far it got on its way there--The Earl of Lollipop--Mr McTavish saves me from a flogging--My prospects somewhat improve--Another...

Some account of my family, including Aunt Deb--My father receives an offer--A family discussion, in which Aunt Deb distinguishes herself-- Her opinions and mine differ considera...

Land ho!--Cape Frio--The Sugar-loaf Mountain--The Castle of Santa Cruz--The harbour of Rio de Janeiro--A taste of fruit--We receive some passengers--A gale springs up--Man overb...

Mr Butterfield's office--My future prospects--I again visit the "Emu"--Aunt Deb's good advice--I rebel--All sailors are not beggars-- My next visit to the "Emu"--Shall I stow my...

My reception at home--Aunt Deb again gives her advice--My father and I pay another visit to Leighton Hall--Our guard--Interview with Sir Reginald--A score that was not settled t...

I form plans against the smugglers--Ned's brotherly advice--I continue to visit old Riddle--He presents me with a cutter--My first lessons in sailing--Reception of my present at...

Dreamland--A vision of home--Strange proceedings of my brother Ned-- Roughish weather--I make a slight progress--A ray of light--The cargo--The wooden case--A disappointment--In...

The hold--My provisions become exhausted--A fresh attempt at escape-- Pressed by hunger, I persevere--The spar-deck--Not out yet--A ray of light--My prostrate condition--My mind...

Still in the hold--Dreamland again--Chicken-pie--Return of the rats--I improve my plans for catching them--Two rats at one meal--My state of mind--"Mercy! Mercy!"--While there's...

I revisit the baronet--My information and its worth--Am somewhat taken aback at my reception--Well out of it--Mark's escape--Old Riddle's gratitude--A night of adventure--The ru...

My position does not improve--Another attempt at escape frustrated-- Becalmed off Japan--Macao--A fresh cargo--Extension of the voyage--Not dead yet--I gain some important infor...

A prisoner in the vault--The headless miller--I continue my explorations--My perilous position--My further attempts at escape--The recess--An unexpected shower-bath--A glimpse o...

In the beacon--The storm continues--The tide turns--I again seek for food--I meet with another accident--Brighter weather--A sail in sight--My hopes and fears--My signal--My res...

Still in the hold--Conscience again troubles me--My new food and its effect on my health--I picture to myself the crew on deck--Rather warm--Another storm--My sufferings and des...

The crusade against the smugglers--Sir Reginald's measures--The "Saucy Bess"--My father's sermon, and its effects in different quarters--Ned and I visit old Roger Riddle--Mr Rey...

My convalescence--Julius Caesar befriends me--We pass the Cape de Verde Islands--Our hopes of a change of diet disappear--My turn at last--A severe discipline--Captain Longfleet...

The hold of the "Emu"--Further attempts at escape--The storm ceases--A rat hunt--Slippery customers--Oh, for a trap!--My ingenuity exercised--Caught at last--My repugnance to ra...

My adventures on the rock--My search for food, and what I found--The storm--Despite my perilous position, I marvel at the grandeur of the scene--The storm subsides--My search fo...

Aunt Deb's lecture, and what came of it--My desire to go to sea still further increases--My father, to satisfy me, visits Leighton Hall--Our interview with Sir Reginald Knowsley...