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Richard Galbraith, Mariner

Richard Galbraith, Mariner

by E. W. Phillips

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Author
Phillips, E. W. (Emma Watts)
Title
Richard Galbraith, Mariner; Or, Life among the Kaffirs
Credits
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Shipwrecks -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
36950
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36950
Release Date
August 2, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2."Life among the Kaffirs" — Chapter One. — A Word about Myself and Home. — Chapter Two. — My Adventures Commence. — Chapter Three. — Companions in Trouble—A Surprise. — Chapter Four. — A Visit from a Native—The Mercy of Providence. — Chapter Five. — Jack again in Grief—The Kaffirs!—Captured. — Chapter Six. — Metilulu—I have Faint Hopes. — Chapter Seven. — An Interview with the Chief—Things Look Brighter. — Chapter Eight. — A Visit to the Cattle—A Koodoo Hunt—My Position is Rather Improved. — Chapter Nine. — A Kaffir Wedding—The Chief Metilulu Makes me a Present, which I Refuse. — Chapter Ten. — My Anxiety is Calmed for a While—Illness of the Chief’s Wife—Finding the Wizard. — Chapter Eleven. — The Fate of the Wizard—Skin Dressing—The New Wife. — Chapter Twelve. — The Elephant Hunt—My Mind Grows Easier. — Chapter Thirteen. — Unpleasant News—Death of Anzutu—Funereal Rites. — Chapter Fourteen. — A Talk about Marriage—Zenuta, my Servant—Kaffirs and Fish. — Chapter Fifteen. — A Lion Hunt—The War Party—We Hunt the Koodoo. — Chapter Sixteen. — Metilulu Reviews his Troops—I Assist at a Hopo Battue. — Chapter Seventeen. — Home Thoughts—The Drought and the Rain-Maker—I Receive Terrible News. — Chapter Eighteen. — I Prepare to Escape—I Leave the Kraal, but Quickly Return—The Enemy—The Kraal in Flames. — Chapter Nineteen. — Metilulu Expresses his Gratitude—His Revenge—The Lost Found. — Chapter Twenty. — We Go in Search of Mr Ferguson—Metilulu’s Reception of my Friends—Their Story. — Chapter Twenty One. — Staying a Kaffir Execution—I Ask Metilulu’s Permission to Leave—The Boomslange—The Chief’s Answer. — Chapter Twenty Two. — My Last Interview with Metilulu—Farewell to the Kraal—The Honey Guide—The Bush on Fire. — Chapter Twenty Three. — In Want of Water—The Honey Guide Plays me a Trick—How I am Saved—Zenuta. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Overtaken by a Storm—Poor Zenuta—We Start for Dear Old England—My Native Village.

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