{"product_id":"2940013232341","title":"BLOWN TO BITS","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                          PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. I.--THE PLAY COMMENCES,                                1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     II.--THE HAVEN IN THE CORAL RING,                       9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    III.--INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF VARIOUS KINDS,         19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IV.--NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING\u003cbr\u003e          EXPERIENCES,                                      33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      V.--CAPTAIN ROY SURPRISES AND GRATIFIES HIS SON,\u003cbr\u003e          WHO SURPRISES A NEGRO, AND SUDDENLY FORMS\u003cbr\u003e          AN ASTONISHING RESOLVE,                           47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VI.--THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED,                  58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VII.--WONDERS OF THE HERMIT'S CAVE AND ISLAND,          72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VIII.--PERBOEWATAN BECOMES MODERATELY VIOLENT,           89\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IX.--DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SINGULAR MEETING\u003cbr\u003e          UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES,                     99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      X.--A CURIOUS SEA-GOING CRAFT--THE UNKNOWN VOYAGE\u003cbr\u003e          BEGUN,                                           111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XI.--CANOEING ON THE SEA--A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT-SURPRISE\u003cbr\u003e          AND SUDDEN FLIGHT,                               123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XII.--WEATHERING A STORM IN THE OPEN SEA,              140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIII.--FRIENDS ARE MET WITH, ALSO PIRATES, AND A\u003cbr\u003e          LIFE-OR-DEATH PADDLE ENSUES,                     153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIV.--A NEW FRIEND FOUND--NEW DANGERS ENCOUNTERED\u003cbr\u003e          AND NEW HOPES DELAYED,                           173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XV.--HUNTING THE GREAT MAN-MONKEY,                    189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVI.--BEGINS WITH A TERRIBLE FIGHT AND ENDS WITH\u003cbr\u003e          A HASTY FLIGHT,                                  204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVII.--TELLS OF THE JOYS, ETC., OF THE PROFESSOR IN\u003cbr\u003e          THE SUMATRAN FORESTS, ALSO OF A CATASTROPHE\u003cbr\u003e          AVERTED,                                         217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII.--A TRYING ORDEAL--DANGER THREATENS AND\u003cbr\u003e          FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON,                        230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIX.--A TERRIBLE MURDER AND A STRANGE REVELATION,      243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XX.--NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES--UNDERTAKES\u003cbr\u003e          A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL,     259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXI.--IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF,    276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXII.--A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED,    297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII.--TELLS OF VOLCANIC FIRES AND A STRANGE\u003cbr\u003e          RETURN \"HOME,\"                                   307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXIV.--AN AWFUL NIGHT AND TERRIBLE MORNING,             324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXV.--ADVENTURES OF THE \"SUNSHINE\" AND AN UNEXPECTED\u003cbr\u003e          REUNION,                                         343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXVI.--A CLIMAX,                                        361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVII.--\"BLOWN TO BITS,\"                                 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVIII.--THE FATE OF THE \"SUNSHINE,\"                      377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXIX.--TELLS CHIEFLY OF THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF\u003cbr\u003e          THIS ERUPTION ON THE WORLD AT LARGE,             385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXX.--COMING EVENTS, ETC.--WONDERFUL CHANGES\u003cbr\u003e          AMONG THE ISLANDS,                               401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXXI.--ENDS WITH A STRUGGLE BETWEEN INCLINATION\u003cbr\u003e          AND DUTY,                                        414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXII.--THE LAST,                                        425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBLOWN TO BITS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TALE OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PLAY COMMENCES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlown to bits; bits so inconceivably, so ineffably, so \"microscopically\"\u003cbr\u003esmall that--but let us not anticipate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the darkest hour of a very dark night, in the year 1883, a large\u003cbr\u003ebrig lay becalmed on the Indian Ocean, not far from that region of the\u003cbr\u003eEastern world which is associated in some minds with spices, volcanoes,\u003cbr\u003ecoffee, and piratical junks, namely, the Malay Archipelago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo men slowly paced the brig's quarter-deck for some time in silence,\u003cbr\u003eas if the elemental quietude which prevailed above and below had\u003cbr\u003einfected them. Both men were broad, and apparently strong. One of them\u003cbr\u003ewas tall; the other short. More than this the feeble light of the\u003cbr\u003ebinnacle-lamp failed to reveal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Father,\" said the tall man to the short one, \"I do like to hear the\u003cbr\u003egentle pattering of the reef points on the sails; it is so suggestive of\u003cbr\u003epeace and rest. Doesn't it strike you so?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Can't say it does, lad,\" replied the short man, in a voice which,\u003cbr\u003enaturally mellow and hearty, had been rendered nautically harsh and\u003cbr\u003egruff by years of persistent roaring in the teeth of wind and weather.\u003cbr\u003e\"More suggestive to me of lost time and lee-way.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe son laughed lightly, a pleasant, kindly, soft laugh, in keeping with\u003cbr\u003ethe scene and hour.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145609462000,"sku":"2940013232341","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013232341_p0.jpg?v=1763589828","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013232341","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}