Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CRUISE OF THE 'ALERTE'

_UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME._

THE GREAT BOER WAR. _Arthur Conan Doyle._
COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. _G. W. E. Russell._
FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO. _E. S. Grogan._
LIFE OF LORD DUFFERIN. _Sir A. Lyall._
SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD. _Augustine Birrell, K.C., M.P._
THE MAKING OF A FRONTIER. _Colonel Durand._
LIFE OF RICHARD COBDEN. _Lord Morley._
LIFE OF PARNELL. _R. Barry O'Brien._
MEMORIES GRAVE AND GAY. _Dr. John Kerr._
A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. _S. Reynolds Hole._
RANDOM REMINISCENCES. _Charles Brookfield._
AT THE WORKS. _Lady Bell._
MEXICO AS I SAW IT. _Mrs. Alec Tweedie._
PARIS TO NEW YORK BY LAND. _Harry de Windt._
LIFE OF LEWIS CARROLL. _Stuart Dodgson Collingwood._
NATURALIST IN THE GUIANAS. _Eugene Andre._
THE MANTLE OF THE EAST. _Edmund Candler._
LETTERS OF DR. JOHN BROWN.
JUBILEE BOOK OF CRICKET. _Prince Ranjitsinhji._
BY DESERT WAYS TO BAGHDAD. _Louisa Jebb._
SOME OLD LOVE STORIES. _T. P. O'Connor._
FIELDS, FACTORIES, & WORKSHOPS. _Prince Kropotkin._
LIFE OF LORD LAWRENCE. _R. Bosworth Smith._
PROBLEMS OF POVERTY. _Dr. Chalmers._
THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. _M. E. Durham._
LIFE AND LETTERS OF LORD MACAULAY.--
I. & II. _Sir George O. Trevelyan,
Bart._
WHAT I SAW IN RUSSIA. _Hon. Maurice Baring._
WILD ENGLAND OF TO-DAY. _C. J. Cornish._
THROUGH FINLAND IN CARTS. _Mrs. Alec Tweedie._
THE VOYAGE OF THE "DISCOVERY."--
I. & II. _Captain Scott._
FELICITY IN FRANCE. _Constance E. Maud._
MY CLIMBS IN THE ALPS AND CAUCASUS. _A. F. Mummery._
JOHN BRIGHT. _R. Barry O'Brien._
POVERTY. _B. Seebohm Rowntree._
SEA WOLVES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. _Commander E. Hamilton Currey,
R.N._
FAMOUS MODERN BATTLES. _A. Hilliard Atteridge._
THE CRUISE OF THE "FALCON." _E. F. Knight._
A. K. H. B. (A Volume of Selections).
THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS. _Jack London._
GRAIN OR CHAFF. _A. Chichele Plowden._
LIFE AT THE ZOO. _C. J. Cornish._
THE FOUR MEN. _Hilaire Belloc._

_Etc., etc.
Others to follow._

THE CRUISE OF THE 'ALERTE'

THE NARRATIVE OF A SEARCH FOR TREASURE ON THE DESERT ISLAND OF TRINIDAD

BY

E. F. KNIGHT

THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN AND NEW YORK

CONTENTS.

I. THE HISTORY OF THE TREASURE 7

II. THE 'ALERTE' IS FITTED OUT 32

III. THE SHIP'S COMPANY 49

IV. A ROMANCE OF THE SALVAGES 62

V. OUR FIRST VOYAGE 78

VI. ON THE SALVAGES 97

VII. RUNNING DOWN THE TRADES 121

VIII. BAHIA 141

IX. TREASURE ISLAND AT LAST 158

X. THE SUMMIT OF TRINIDAD 174

XI. ON THE ROAD TO TREASURE BAY 190

XII. WE EXPLORE THE RAVINE 208

XIII. A NARROW ESCAPE 226

XIV. WE LAND THE STORES IN THE BAY 237

XV. OUR CAMP 252

XVI. DISCOVERIES IN SOUTH-WEST BAY 269

XVII. PICK AND SHOVEL 282

XVIII. A VOYAGE TO MARKET 300

XIX. HOVE TO 314

XX. THE ADVENTURES OF THE SHORE-PARTY 329

XXI. WE ABANDON THE SEARCH 355

XXII. HOMEWARD BOUND 366

THE CRUISE OF THE 'ALERTE.'