IV. THE YOUNG AMERICAN MUTINY. 57

V. THE ORDER OF THE FAITHFUL. 73

VI. IN THE STEERAGE. 89

VII. THE VISIT TO THE HOLD. 106

VIII. SHORT OF WATER. 123

IX. THE LAST OF THE MUTINEERS. 140

X. WHAT THE RUNAWAYS WERE GOING TO DO. 158

XI. A SHORT LECTURE ON GERMANY. 174

XII. A MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENT. 191

XIII. FROM STRASBURG TO CONSTANCE. 207

XIV. THE STORM ON LAKE CONSTANCE. 224

XV. LADY FEODORA AND SIR WILLIAM. 241

XVI. UP THE MEDITERRANEAN. 260

XVII. HEIDELBERG AND HOMBURG. 279

XVIII. CASTLES, VINEYARDS, AND MOUNTAINS. 296

XIX. COBLENZ AND COLOGNE. 309

XX. HOMEWARD BOUND. 332

DOWN THE RHINE;
OR,
YOUNG AMERICA IN GERMANY.

CHAPTER I.

CONFUSION IN THE SHIP.

"All hands pipe to muster, ahoy!" screamed the new boatswain of the
Young America, as he walked towards the forecastle of the ship,
occasionally sounding a shrill blast upon his whistle.

At the same time the corresponding officer in the Josephine performed
a similar service; and in a moment every officer and seaman in both
vessels had taken his station. The squadron lay at anchor off the
harbor of Havre. The students had returned the day before from a
delightful tour through France and Switzerland--all except the
thirty-one who had preferred to take a cruise on their own account in
the Josephine; and these had been performing ship's duty, and making up
back lessons, while the vessel lay at anchor in the port of Brest.
Perhaps it was not strictly true that these malcontents were sick of
the game of running away, but it is strictly true that they were
disgusted with the penalty which had been imposed upon them by the
authorities of the Academy. It is to be regretted that they were not
moved to penitence by their punishment, and that they were ripe for any
new rebellion which promised to be even a partial success. They had
been deprived of seeing Paris,--which is France,--and the beautiful
scenery of Switzerland, by their