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Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk
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39 Chapters
Chapter 1 THE BOAT ADVENTURE.
Chapter 2 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE ISLAND.
Chapter 3 GOING ASHORE.
Chapter 4 CONDITION OF THE ISLAND IN 1849.
Chapter 5 ROBINSON CRUSOE'S CAVE.
Chapter 6 THE VALLEY ON FIRE.
Chapter 7 THE CAVE OF THE BUCCANEERS.
Chapter 8 LODGINGS UNDER GROUND.
Chapter 9 COOKING FISH.
Chapter 10 RAMBLE INTO THE INTERIOR.
Chapter 11 THE VALLEY OF ENCHANTMENT.
Chapter 12 A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
Chapter 13 THE STORM AND ESCAPE.
Chapter 14 THE AMERICAN CRUSOE.
Chapter 15 CASTLE OF THE AMERICAN CRUSOE.
Chapter 16 DIFFICULTY BETWEEN ABRAHAM AND THE DOUBTER.
Chapter 17 THE MURDER.
Chapter 18 THE SKULL.
Chapter 19 THE GOVERNOR'S VISION.
Chapter 20 THE DOUBTER'S DYSPEPTIC STORY.
Chapter 21 BAD DREAM CONCERNING THE DOUBTER.
Chapter 22 THE UNPLEASANT AFFAIR OF HONOR.
Chapter 23 DOCTOR STILLMAN'S JOURNAL.
Chapter 24 CONFIDENTIAL CHAT WITH THE READER.
Chapter 25 EARLY VOYAGES TO JUAN FERNANDEZ.
Chapter 26 THE CANNIBAL.
Chapter 27 THE MIRAGE.
Chapter 28 A DEATH-STRUGGLE.
Chapter 29 THE OUTLAWS' CAMP.
Chapter 30 THE ESCAPE.
Chapter 31 A LONELY RIDE.
Chapter 32 THE ATTACK.
Chapter 33 SAN MIGUEL.
Chapter 34 A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE.
Chapter 35 No.35
Chapter 36 START FOR WASHOE.
Chapter 37 ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.
Chapter 38 AN INFERNAL CITY.
Chapter 39 SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA CITY.
Chapter 40 ESCAPE FROM VIRGINIA CITY.
Chapter 41 MY WASHOE AGENCY.
Chapter 42 START FOR HOME.
Chapter 43 ARRIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO.
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Chapter 39 SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA CITY.

THE COMSTOCK LEAD.

Notwithstanding the number of physicians who had already hoisted their "shingles," there was much sickness in Virginia, owing chiefly to exposure and dissipation, but in some measure to the deleterious quality of the water. Nothing more was wanting to confirm my original impressions. The water was certainly the worst ever used

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