In which young Billy Topsail of Ruddy Cove puts out to his first adventure with his dog in the bow of the punt.

Concerning the behaviour of Billy Topsail and his dog in the water when the Never Give Up went to the bottom, and closing with an apology and a wag of the tail.

Describing the haunts and habits of devil-fish and informing the reader of Billy Topsail's determination to make a capture at all hazards.

Recounting the adventure of the giant squid of Chain Tickle, in which the punt gets in the grip of a gigantic tentacle and Billy Topsail strikes with an axe.

On the face of the cliff: Wherein Billy Topsail gets lost in a perilous place and sits down to recover his composure.

In which Billy Topsail loses his nerve. Wherein, also, the wings of gulls seem to brush past.

In which Billy Topsail hears the fur trader's story of a jigger and a cake of ice in the wind.

In the offshore gale: In which Billy Topsail goes seal hunting and is swept to sea with the floe.

In which old Tom Topsail burns his punt and Billy wanders in the night and three lives hang on a change of wind.

How Billy Topsail's friend Bobby Lot joined fortunes with Eli Zitt and whether or not he proved worthy of the partnership.

Bobby Lot learns to swim and Eli Zitt shows amazing courage and self-possession and strength.

Containing the surprising adventure of Eli Zitt's little partner on the way back from Fortune Harbour, in which a Newfoundland dog displays a saving intelligence.

In which Billy Topsail sets sail for the Labrador, the Rescue strikes an iceberg, and Billy is commanded to pump for his life.

Faithfully narrating the amazing experiences of a Newfoundland schooner and describing Billy Topsail's conduct in a sinking boat.

In which the Ruddy Cove doctor tells Billy Topsail and a stranger how he came to learn that the longest way 'round is sometimes the shortest way home.

Describing how Billy Topsail set out for Ruddy Cove with Her Majesty's Mail and met with catastrophe.

Billy Topsail wrings out his clothes and finds himself cut off from shore by thirty yards of heaving ice.

In which Billy Topsail joins the whaler Viking and a school is sighted.

In which the chase is kept up and the captain promises himself a kill.

The mate of the fin-back whale rises for the last time, with a blood-red sunset beyond, and Billy Topsail says, "Too bad!"

In which Billy Topsail goes fishing in earnest. Concerning, also, Feather's Folly of the Devil's Teeth, Mary Robinson, and the wreck of the Fish Killer.

The crew of the Fish Killer finds refuge on an iceberg and discove