Category: Adventure
In the course of a long cruise in the South Atlantic and up the South American rivers, in the years 1880 and 1881, with my little yacht the 'Falcon,' I found myself, more by accident than intention, in the neighbourhood of the small desert island of Trinidad. We were bound fro...
The doctor and his companions had plenty to tell. They had dug a great deal and had cleared away the landslip, till they had arrived at what appeared to be the original rocky bo...
7. CHAPTER VI.The men on shore were still employed in carrying the barrels up to the cavern, but when we approached they ceased working, and stood gazing at us, with a not unnatural curiosity...
2. book I find that I state there that I had had more than enough ofTrinidad, and would on no account set foot on its barren shores again--a rash resolution which I was destined to break nearly ten years after my first visit to the island.
6. CHAPTER V.Our preparations were hurried on at Southampton, and I was never left in peace, but was in a condition of perpetual work and travel, my sole relaxation being the frequent farewe...
8. CHAPTER VII.At four in the afternoon we hoisted the sails and weighed the anchor. I was at the helm at the time, and was very surprised at the extraordinary manner in which the vessel now b...
13. CHAPTER XII.AS we stood on the Col, the steep wall of the Sugarloaf rising to the left of us, the view over South-west Bay was exceedingly fine. The bay is of semicircular form, with a dist...
18. CHAPTER XVII.As it was a Sunday there was no work done on the first day of my stay in camp; all hands had the usual holiday, which they chiefly employed in fishing, and in mending their clot...
12. CHAPTER XI.Having smoked our pipes we continued our journey. At first I was a very sanguine guide. I thought I should have no difficulty in recognising the ravine by which, nine years befo...
23. CHAPTER XXII.We had got under weigh at sunset on February 14. A slight draught from the hills carried us a mile or so outside North Point, when we were becalmed and made no progress at all f...
16. CHAPTER XV.During the night fierce gusts blew down the ravine from the north-east, and black masses of cloud were constantly sweeping across the mountains. The wind howled as it does in a...
9. CHAPTER VIII.All hands turned out early on the morning after our arrival anxious for shore leave, so that they might inspect the city that rose before them so majestically from the edge of t...
3. CHAPTER II.Such is the story of the Trinidad treasure, a story that seemed to me to bear the stamp of truth, and it was difficult to conceive that--allowing Captain P----'s narrative to be...
10. CHAPTER IX.As we neared it, the features of this extraordinary place could gradually be distinguished. The north side, that which faced us, is the most barren and desolate portion of the i...
5. CHAPTER IV.The article in the _St. James's Gazette_ attracted a considerable amount of attention, as was proved by the bewildering mass of correspondence with reference to the expedition w...
11. CHAPTER X.On the following morning--November 21--as soon as breakfast was over, the doctor and myself started for the shore. In view of the rough climbing before us we did not burden ours...
15. CHAPTER XIV.The patience of my men was now to be severely tried. Here before them was the mysterious isle, with all its golden possibilities; but for five days the sea was in far too distur...
20. CHAPTER XIX.It was blowing hard on the day of our departure from Bahia, and we sailed down the bay under mizzen and head sails, so as to see what it was like outside before hoisting our mai...
19. CHAPTER XVIII.We had still a large supply of stores, both on shore and on board; but there was one article of food which we were consuming in much larger quantities than had been anticipated-...
17. CHAPTER XVI.At last, on December 7, communication between the yacht and the shore was resumed; for the wind and sea had greatly moderated, and the doctor was enabled to come off to us at mi...
4. CHAPTER III.To fit out and store a vessel for a lengthy expedition may be a somewhat arduous task, but it is an interesting and pleasant one, which is more than can be said with regard to t...
14. CHAPTER XIII.We started early on the following morning, November 23, and reached the summit of the landslip before the sun had heated the black rocks, and the layer of close air immediately...
22. CHAPTER XXI.The five men I had left on the island had certainly done their work well. The doctor had made an excellent leader, and had organised all the operations capitally. They had toile...
1. CHAPTER I.In the course of a long cruise in the South Atlantic and up the South American rivers, in the years 1880 and 1881, with my little yacht the 'Falcon,' I found myself, more by acc...