Chapter I: Preface: , 3

I. A KNIGHT ERRANT OF THE SEA, 7

II. MY FATAL CURIOSITY, 10

III. I AM BETRAYED, 15

IV. THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA, 21

V. SARGASSON MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, 25

VI. ATTACK ON THE CARIBAS, 33

VII. THE AGONY OF SUSPENSE, 42

VIII. FIDETTE, 50

IX. AN OLD MAN’S DARLING, 59

X. COOKING FOR ALL, 69

XI. “MUSIC HATH CHARMS,” 74

XII. AGONY OF A JEALOUS HEART, 80

XIII. “THE WEEK OF SILENCE,” 83

XIV. THE KANTOON’S DISPLEASURE, 88

XV. THE CHIN-GOONE REVOLT, 91

XVI. THE PAPIER-MACHÉ ORANGES, 99

XVII. THE SPAR FIGHT, 105

XVIII. FRUIT FOR DEAD MEN, 111

XIX. FIDETTE BECOMES MINE, 116

XX. MAKING NEW BOATS, 122

XXI. I BECOME A SARGASSON, 130

XXII. A SOLEMN CEREMONIAL, 137

XXIII. THE NEW LIFE, 143

XXIV. THE LAST OF AN ENEMY, 147

XXV. THE DANGER OF AN IDEA, 152

XXVI. THE NEW WOMAN IN SARGASSO, 156

XXVII. EVEN IN SARGASSO DOTH ENVY FIND A
PLACE, 161

XXVIII. PLOTTING TREASON, 166

XXIX. THE CARIBAS UNDER STEAM, 172

XXX. FAREWELL TO THE FLOATING CONTINENT, 178