Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 / 2008-06-10 00:00:00
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THE
CORAL ISLAND
_A Tale Of The Pacific Ocean_
BY
R. M. BALLANTYNE
PREFACE
I was a boy when I went through the wonderful adventures herein set
down. With the memory of my boyish feelings strong upon me, I present
my book specially to boys, in the earnest hope that they may derive
valuable information, much pleasure, great profit, and unbounded
amusement from its pages.
One word more. If there is any boy or man who loves to be melancholy
and morose, and who cannot enter with kindly sympathy into the regions
of fun, let me seriously advise him to shut my book and put it away. It
is not meant for him.
RALPH ROVER.
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. MY EARLY LIFE AND CHARACTER
II. THE DEPARTURE--A DREADFUL STORM
III. THE CORAL ISLAND
IV. OUR ISLAND DESCRIBED--CURIOUS DISCOVERIES
V. ENCHANTING EXCURSIONS AMONG THE CORAL GROVES
VI. AN EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR
VII. HORRIBLE ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK
VIII. THE BEAUTIES OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA TEMPT PETERKIN TO DIVE
IX. PREPARE FOR A JOURNEY ROUND THE ISLAND
X. MAKE DISCOVERY OF MANY EXCELLENT ROOTS AND FRUITS
XI. EFFECTS OF OVER-EATING, AND REFLECTIONS THEREON
XII.
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