Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century
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Chapter 1 I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
Chapter 2 THE BLACK CANNIBALS OF NEW HOLLAND
Chapter 3 THE ONLY WHITE MAN IN NEW HOLLAND
Chapter 4 THE SEA SPIDER
Chapter 5 THE VOYAGE CONTINUED
Chapter 6 THE FIGHT ON THE SANDS
Chapter 7 THE SPIRIT OF DISCORD
Chapter 8 PEARL ISLAND
Chapter 9 MUTINY
Chapter 10 I EMBARK ON A SECOND VOYAGE
Chapter 11 A SECOND VOYAGE WITH HARTOG TO THE SOUTH
Chapter 12 THE SEA SERPENT
Chapter 13 THE FLOATING ISLAND
Chapter 14 AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
Chapter 15 THE SEAWEED SEA
Chapter 16 THE ISLAND OF GEMS
Chapter 17 QUEEN MELANNIE
Chapter 18 A QUEEN'S FAVOURITE
Chapter 19 I BECOME CHIEF COOK
Chapter 20 THE SNAKE GOD
Chapter 21 A PLAN OF ESCAPE
Chapter 22 THE NIGHT OF THE SACRIFICE
Chapter 23 AT THE MERCY OF THE SEA
Chapter 24 HOW MY SECOND VOYAGE ENDED
Chapter 25 I ARRIVE AT AMSTERDAM
Chapter 26 HAPPILY MARRIED
Chapter 27 ONCE MORE TO THE SOUTH
Chapter 28 THE MOLUCCA ISLANDS
Chapter 29 THE VOYAGE CONTINUED No.29
Chapter 30 A SPANISH SETTLEMENT
Chapter 31 THE PLACE OF THE PAINTED HANDS
Chapter 32 MAROONED
Chapter 33 CAPTAIN MONTBAR
Chapter 34 WE AGAIN EXPLORE THE CAVES
Chapter 35 I AM KIDNAPPED
Chapter 36 THE MALE AND FEMALE ISLANDS
Chapter 37 A TASK IS SET ME
Chapter 38 THE SLAYING OF THE GREAT CROCODILE
Chapter 39 I BECOME A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC INFELICITY
Chapter 40 THE YELLOW PARCHMENT
Chapter 41 THE RUBY MOUNTAINS
Chapter 42 THE VALLEY OF SERPENTS
Chapter 43 WE AGAIN LEAVE NEW HOLLAND
Chapter 44 THE ISLANDS OF ARMENIO
Chapter 45 SUMATRA
Chapter 46 MAHOMET ACHMET
Chapter 47 KING TRINKITAT
Chapter 48 STATEN LAND
Chapter 49 THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS
Chapter 50 AGAIN AT THE MOLUCCAS
Chapter 51 GETTING BACK OUR OWN
Chapter 52 CONCLUSION
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Chapter 16 THE ISLAND OF GEMS

For some weeks after getting free from the kelp we experienced fine weather, with favourable winds and a smooth sea, when, almost without warning, a storm broke upon us with hurricane force. All hands were ordered to shorten sail, no easy task in the fury of a gale. As chief officer I took command in the fore part of the vessel, while Hartog issued

             
            

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