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In Search of the Castaways

Jules Verne

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PART I South America

CHAPTER I THE SHARK

CHAPTER II THE THREE DOCUMENTS

CHAPTER III THE CAPTAIN'S CHILDREN

CHAPTER IV LADY GLENARVAN'S PROPOSAL

CHAPTER V THE DEPARTURE OF THE 'DUNCAN'

CHAPTER VI AN UNEXPECTED PASSENGER

CHAPTER VII JACQUES PAGANEL IS UNDECEIVED

CHAPTER VIII THE GEOGRAPHER'S RESOLUTION

CHAPTER IX THROUGH THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN

CHAPTER X THE COURSE DECIDED

CHAPTER XI TRAVELING IN CHILI

CHAPTER XII ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET ALOFT

CHAPTER XIII A SUDDEN DESCENT

CHAPTER XIV PROVIDENTIALLY RESCUED

CHAPTER XV THALCAVE

CHAPTER XVI THE NEWS OF THE LOST CAPTAIN

CHAPTER XVII A SERIOUS NECESSITY

CHAPTER XVIII IN SEARCH OF WATER

CHAPTER XIX THE RED WOLVES

CHAPTER XX STRANGE SIGNS

CHAPTER XXI A FALSE TRAIL

CHAPTER XXII THE FLOOD

CHAPTER XXIII A SINGULAR ABODE

CHAPTER XXIV PAGANEL'S DISCLOSURE

CHAPTER XXV BETWEEN FIRE AND WATER

CHAPTER XXVI THE RETURN ON BOARD

PART II Australia

CHAPTER I A NEW DESTINATION

CHAPTER II TRISTAN D'ACUNHA AND THE ISLE OF AMSTERDAM

CHAPTER III CAPE TOWN AND M. VIOT

CHAPTER IV A WAGER AND HOW DECIDED

CHAPTER V THE STORM ON THE INDIAN OCEAN

CHAPTER VI A HOSPITABLE COLONIST

CHAPTER VII THE QUARTERMASTER OF THE 'BRITANNIA'

CHAPTER VIII PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY

CHAPTER IX A COUNTRY OF PARADOXES

CHAPTER X AN ACCIDENT

CHAPTER XI CRIME OR CALAMITY

CHAPTER XII TOLINE OF THE LACHLAN

CHAPTER XIII A WARNING

CHAPTER XIV WEALTH IN THE WILDERNESS

CHAPTER XV SUSPICIOUS OCCURRENCES

CHAPTER XVI A STARTLING DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XVII THE PLOT UNVEILED

CHAPTER XVIII FOUR DAYS OF ANGUISH

CHAPTER XIX HELPLESS AND HOPELESS

PART III New Zealand

CHAPTER I A ROUGH CAPTAIN

CHAPTER II NAVIGATORS AND THEIR DISCOVERIES

CHAPTER III THE MARTYR-ROLL OF NAVIGATORS

CHAPTER IV THE WRECK OF THE 'MACQUARIE'

CHAPTER V CANNIBALS

CHAPTER VI A DREADED COUNTRY

CHAPTER VII THE MAORI WAR

CHAPTER VIII ON THE ROAD TO AUCKLAND

CHAPTER IX INTRODUCTION TO THE CANNIBALS

CHAPTER X A MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XI THE CHIEF'S FUNERAL

CHAPTER XII STRANGELY LIBERATED

CHAPTER XIII THE SACRED MOUNTAIN

CHAPTER XIV A BOLD STRATAGEM

CHAPTER XV FROM PERIL TO SAFETY

CHAPTER XVI WHY THE 'DUNCAN' WENT TO NEW ZEALAND

CHAPTER XVII AYRTON'S OBSTINACY

CHAPTER XVIII A DISCOURAGING CONFESSION

CHAPTER XIX A CRY IN THE NIGHT

CHAPTER XX CAPTAIN GRANT'S STORY

CHAPTER XXI PAGANEL'S LAST ENTANGLEMENT