Preface

Swept Out to Sea

Or

Clint Webb

Among the Whalers

By

W. BERT FOSTER

Author of

The Frozen Ship; or, Clint Webb Among the Sealers. From

Sea to Sea; or, Clint Webb on the Windjammer.

The Ocean Express; or, Clint Webb

and the Sea Tramp

Chicago

M. A. Donohue & Co.

CHAPTER PAGE

I — In Which My Cousin and I Have a Serious Falling Out

II — In Which is Shown the Result of a Bad Beginning

III — In Which I Am Anxious to Learn the Particulars of a Matter of Fourteen Years Standing

IV — In Which Ham Mayberry Reveals His Suspicions

V — In Which the Old Coachman Goes Somewhat Into Details

VI — In Which is Related a Conversation With My Mother

VII — In Which I Put Two and Two Together—and Sleep Aboard the Wavecrest

VIII — In Which an Expected Comedy Proves to Be a Tragedy

IX — In Which I See the Day Dawn Upon a Deserted Ocean

X — In Which I Find a Most Remarkable Haven

XI — In Which I Am a Terrified Witness of a Wonderful Phenomenon

XII — In Which I Find Myself Bound For Southern Seas

XIII — In Which Tom Anderly Relates a Story That Arouses My Interest

XIV — In Which I Hear For the First Time the Whaler’s Battle-Cry

XV — In Which We “Strike on”

XVI — In Which There is Some Information and Much Excitement

XVII — In Which I Come Very Near Going Out of the Story

XVIII — In Which We Realize the “Grind” of the Whaleman’s Life

XIX — In Which is Reported a Series of Misadventures

XX — In Which our Chapter of Bad Luck is Continued

XXI — In Which the Wavecrest Sets Sail Again

XXII — In Which We Sail the Silver River and I See a Face I Know

XXIII — In Which I Begin to Wonder “Is it Me, Or is it Not Me?”

XXIV — In Which I Get Acquainted with Captain Adoniram Tugg

XXV — In Which I Follow the Beckoning Finger of a Spectre

XXVI — In Which the Sea Spell Goes Ashore on a Most Unfriendly Coast

XXVII — In Which We Find the Natives More Unfriendly Than the Coast

XXVIII — In Which are Related Several Disappointments

XXIX — In Which I Am Not the Only Person Surprised

XXX — In Which I At Last Set My Face Homeward with Determination

Swept Out to Sea
or
Clint Webb Among the Whalers