Under the Waves

About this eBook

Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Title

Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

China Sea -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

23493

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23493

Release Date

November 15, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Under the Waves" — Preface. — Chapter One. — Introduces our Hero, one of his Advisers, and some of his Difficulties. — Chapter Two. — Describes a first Visit to the Bottom of the Sea. — Chapter Three. — Refers to a small Tea-Party, and touches very mildly on Love. — Chapter Four. — Divers Matters. — Chapter Five. — Treats of Plots and Plans, Engineering and otherwise. — Chapter Six. — A sunken Wreck inspected, sundry wonderful Doings under Water Recorded, and various Plans successfully carried out. — Chapter Seven. — Historical but not Heavy. — Chapter Eight. — The Grinding of the Screw. — Chapter Nine. — Treats of a Leak and consequent Difficulties. — Chapter Ten. — Anxieties; Disasters; Hopes. — Chapter Eleven. — Tells of bold Plans, followed by bolder Deeds. — Chapter Twelve. — Diving Practice Extraordinary in the East. — Chapter Thirteen. — Treasure recovered—Accidents encountered—An unexpected Discovery—Enemies met and circumvented. — Chapter Fourteen. — Miss Pritty’s “Worst Fears” are more than realised. — Chapter Fifteen. — Sudden and bad News induces sudden and good Action. — Chapter Sixteen. — Bearding the Lion in his Den. — Chapter Seventeen. — Recounts the wild, fierce, and in some Respects peculiar Incidents of a Bush Fight. — Chapter Eighteen. — Lifts the Curtain slightly as to piratical Doings in the nineteenth Century. — Chapter Nineteen. — A Fight with Malay Pirates. — Chapter Twenty. — The Fight concluded. — Chapter Twenty One. — Difficulties of various Kinds, also Troubles, and a Discovery. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Miscellaneous Matters, ending with a “Scrimmage” under Water. — Chapter Twenty Three. — More about the Sea. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Taking the Tide at the Ebb. — Chapter Twenty Five. — Shows how our Hero formed Plans, how Miss Pritty formed Plots, and how the small Domestic amused herself. — Chapter Twenty Six. — A Climax is reached. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — The last. — The End.

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