ADVENTURES AND WONDERFUL FORTUNES OF THE YOUNG SEA CHIEF AND
BY WILLIAM DALTON, AUTHOR OF THE "WHITE ELEPHANT," ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. S. MELVILLE
PREFACE.
CONTENTS
THE WAR TIGER.
CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG SEA CHIEF. HIS MISSION.
CHAPTER II. THE DEMON SHIP. THE BOY CHOW.
CHAPTER III. ADVENTURES AT SEA. RESCUE.
CHAPTER IV. THE INNKEEPER. ALARMING NEWS.
CHAPTER V. ADVENTURE IN A BUDDHIST MONASTERY. CHOW'S ENCOUNTER WITH A BONZE.
CHAPTER VI. THRASHING THE GODS. THE BOYS TAKEN PRISONERS.
CHAPTER VII. TREACHERY OF THE BONZES. NICHOLAS SENT TO PRISON AS A TRAITOR.
CHAPTER VIII. CHOW SETS OUT TO DISCOVER SOME THIEVES.
CHAPTER IX. CHOW OUTWITS A GREAT MANDARIN, AND SETS OUT TO RESCUE HIS MASTER.
CHAPTER X. ESCAPE OF NICHOLAS FROM PRISON.
CHAPTER XI. PURSUED BY THE YAH-YU. THE BOAT WRECK.
CHAPTER XII. NICHOLAS AGAIN TAKEN PRISONER.
CHAPTER XIII. PAGODAS, THEIR ANTIQUITY AND USES.
CHAPTER XIV. A DANGEROUS DESCENT.
CHAPTER XV. NICHOLAS DISCOVERS A CONSPIRACY, AND MAKES AN UNPLEASANT ENTRY INTO PEKIN.
CHAPTER XVI. THE BOYS AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
CHAPTER XVII. NICHOLAS RESOLVES UPON A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE IMPERIAL GARDENS.
CHAPTER XIX. THE PRINCESSES OF THE MINGS, AND THE LADY CANDIDA.
CHAPTER XX. DANGER OF THE PRINCESS. HER RESCUE BY NICHOLAS.
CHAPTER XXI. ASSEMBLY OF THE GREAT PRINCES OF THE EMPIRE.
CHAPTER XXII. THE BOY PRINCE AND THE RIVAL GENERALS.
CHAPTER XXIII. AUDIENCE WITH THE SON OF HEAVEN. NICHOLAS ACCUSES A GREAT PRINCE OF TREASON.
CHAPTER XXIV. NICHOLAS UNVEILS A REBEL CHIEF, AND OBTAINS A TITLE.
CHAPTER XXV. NICHOLAS AND THE PRINCE HAVE AN ADVENTURE AND SAVE THE LIFE OF CHOW.
CHAPTER XXVI. NICHOLAS RECEIVES AN IMPORTANT COMMAND.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE REBELS ATTACK PEKIN. TREACHERY OF A GENERAL, AND THE FIGHT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. ATTACK ON THE PALACE. SUICIDE OF THE EMPEROR, THE PRINCESS WOUNDED.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE SECRET CAVERN. THE PRINCESS SAVED BY THE BOYS.
CHAPTER XXX. A LARGE STOCK OF LADIES, TWO TAELS PER SACK.
CHAPTER XXXI. CHOW MAKES A DISCOVERY, AND NICHOLAS A SURPRISE.
CHAPTER XXXII. NICHOLAS PUNISHES AN UNGRATEFUL INNKEEPER, AND ESCAPES FROM HIS TREACHERY.
CHAPTER XXXIII. AN OVERLAND JOURNEY. ATTACKED BY WOLVES, AND STOPPED BY A SERPENT.
CHAPTER XXXIV. SAVED BY A MUSK-DEER. STORIES OF WONDERFUL MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER XXXV. TREACHERY OF THE GUIDE. THE PRINCESS SEIZED BY ROBBERS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. ONCE MORE PRISONERS, BUT WITH FRIENDS THE GUIDE'S MISTAKE.
CHAPTER XXXVII. INTERVIEW WITH THE GENERAL. NICHOLAS CAUSES
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CRUEL DEATH OF THE AGED WOO. A BATTLE. BRAVERY OF THE BOYS. CHOW TAKEN BY THE ENEMY.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE REBELS BEATEN. ARTFULNESS OF THE TARTAR
CHAPTER XL. THE GREAT BOY EMPEROR. NICHOLAS MEETS WITH A FEARFUL SURPRISE.
CHAPTER XLI. NICHOLAS HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS FATHER, AND LEAVES PEKIN FOR EVER.
CHAPTER XLII. THE RIVAL SEA CHIEFS. RE-APPEARANCE OF AN OLD FRIEND. A COMICAL BATTLE WITH THE TARTARS.
CHAPTER XLIII. CHOW DISCOVERS HIS MOTHER AND THE
CHAPTER XLIV. A SEA VOYAGE THE COLAO RELATES THE ADVENTURES OF THE PRINCESS.
CHAPTER XLV. THEY REACH THE PALACE OF THE SEA CHIEF KOSHINGA.
CHAPTER XLVI. THE KING AND QUEEN OF FORMOSA. HAPPY TERMINATION OF THE STORY.
