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Title: The Mission

Author: Frederick Marryat

Release Date: August 25, 2004 [EBook #13276]

Language: English

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THE MISSION
OR
SCENES IN AFRICA

_WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE_

BY
CAPTAIN MARRYAT
AUTHOR OF "FRANK MILDMAY," "PERCIVAL KEENE," "PHANTOM SHIP," "DOG
FIEND," "JACOB FAITHFUL," "POACHER," ETC., ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS
LONDON: BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL
NEW YORK: 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE

[Illustration: THE ONWARD MARCH.--_Front_. P. 226.]

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Account of Sir Charles Wilmot--Loss of the Grosvenor--Sir
Charles's doubts respecting the Survival of his Wife and
Children--Alexander Wilmot--His Character--The Newspaper
Paragraph--Details of the Wreck of the Grosvenor--Surmises
as to the Fate of the Passengers

CHAPTER II.

Alexander's Reflections--His Plan--Sir Charles opposes it--His
unwilling Consent--Alexander's Departure

CHAPTER III.

Alexander's Melancholy--Finds a Friend--Sea Sickness--Mr.
Fairburn--The Passengers--Conversations--The Cape--Mr. Fairburn's
Account of the Treatment of the Hottentots by the Dutch

CHAPTER IV.

Natural History discussed--Mr. Swinton's Enthusiasm--Further
History of the Cape--Dutch Barbarity--Alexander's Indignation

CHAPTER V.

Aquatic Birds--Guano--Mr. Fairburn's Narrative
continued--Stuurman--Mokanna--The Attack--Failure of the Caffres

CHAPTER VI.

Sharks--Their Cowardice--Attack on one by Neptune--Divers' Dangers--Mr.
Fairburn continues his Story--Mokanna's Fate--Disturbances among the
Caffre Tribes

CHAPTER VII.

Mr. Swinton agrees to accompany Alexander--Land, ho!--Cape
Town--Major Henderson--He joins the Party--Begum--Chaka's
History

CHAPTER VIII.

Night in Algoa Bay--The Major meets Maxwell--Preparations
to start--The Caravan--Description of it--The Departure

CHAPTER IX.

The Plans of the Adventurers--Big Adam's Bravery--Milius--His
Refreshments--What his House contai