CHAPTER I A LECTURE OF THENARD'S

CHAPTER II DR. DUTHIL

CHAPTER III CAPTAIN BERSELIUS

CHAPTER IV SCHAUNARD

CHAPTER V MARSEILLES

CHAPTER VI MATADI

CHAPTER VII YANDJALI

CHAPTER VIII THE VOICE OF THE CONGO FOREST

CHAPTER IX BIG GAME

CHAPTER X M'BASSA

CHAPTER XI ANDREAS MEEUS

CHAPTER XII NIGHT AT THE FORT

CHAPTER XIII THE POOLS OF SILENCE

CHAPTER XIV BEHIND THE MASK

CHAPTER XV THE PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER XVI DUE SOUTH

CHAPTER XVII SUN-WASHED SPACES

CHAPTER XVIII FAR INTO ELEPHANT LAND

CHAPTER XIX THE GREAT HERD

CHAPTER XX THE BROKEN CAMP

CHAPTER XXI THE FEAST OF THE VULTURES

CHAPTER XXII THE LOST GUIDE

CHAPTER XXIII BEYOND THE SKYLINE

CHAPTER XXIV THE SENTENCE OF THE DESERT

CHAPTER XXV TOWARD THE SUNSET

CHAPTER XXVI THE FADING MIST

CHAPTER XXVII I AM THE FOREST

CHAPTER XXVIII GOD SENDS A GUIDE

CHAPTER XXIX THE VISION OF THE POOLS

CHAPTER XXX THE AVENGER

CHAPTER XXXI THE VOICE OF THE FOREST BY NIGHT

CHAPTER XXXII MOONLIGHT ON THE POOLS

CHAPTER XXXIII THE RIVER OF GOLD

CHAPTER XXXIV THE SUBSTITUTE

CHAPTER XXXV PARIS

CHAPTER XXXVI DREAMS

CHAPTER XXXVII BERSELIUS BEHOLDS HIS OTHER SELF

CHAPTER XXXVIII THE REVOLT OF A SLAVE

CHAPTER XXXIX MAXINE

CHAPTER XL PUGIN

CHAPTER XLI THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN BERSELIUS

CHAPTER XLII AMIDST THE LILIES

THE

POOLS OF SILENCE

BY

H. de VERE STACPOOLE

AUTHOR OF

“THE BLUE LAGOON,” “THE CRIMSON AZALEAS,”

“GARRYOWEN,” ETC.