{"product_id":"2940016070346","title":"Captain Canot","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                  PAGE\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. I.--My parentage and education--Apprenticed at Leghorn to\u003cbr\u003e an American captain--First voyage--its mishaps--overboard--black\u003cbr\u003e cook--Sumatra--cabin-boy--Arrival in Boston--My first\u003cbr\u003e _command_--View of Boston harbor from the mast-head--My first\u003cbr\u003e interview with a Boston merchant, WILLIAM GRAY                      1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. II.--My uncle tells my adventure with LORD BYRON--CAPTAIN\u003cbr\u003e TOWNE, and my life in Salem--My skill in Latin--Five years\u003cbr\u003e voyaging from Salem--I rescue a Malay girl at Quallahbattoo--The\u003cbr\u003e _first_ slave I ever saw--End of my apprenticeship--My backslidings\u003cbr\u003e in Antwerp and Paris--Ship on a British vessel for Brazil--The\u003cbr\u003e captain and his wife--Love, grog, and grumbling--A scene in the\u003cbr\u003e harbor of Rio--Matrimonial happiness--Voyage to Europe--Wreck\u003cbr\u003e and loss on the coast near Ostend                                  10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. III.--I design going to South America--A Dutch galliot\u003cbr\u003e for Havana--Male and female captain--Run foul of in the Bay\u003cbr\u003e of Biscay--Put into Ferrol, in Spain--I am appropriated by\u003cbr\u003e a _new_ mother, grandmother, and sisters--A comic scene--How\u003cbr\u003e I got out of the scrape--Set sail for Havana--Jealousy of\u003cbr\u003e the captain--Deprived of my post--Restored--Refuse to do\u003cbr\u003e duty--Its sad consequences--Wrecked on a reef near\u003cbr\u003e Cuba--Fisherman-wreckers--Offer to land cargo--Make a bargain\u003cbr\u003e with our salvors--A sad _denouement_--A night bath and escape      19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. IV.--Bury my body in the sand to escape the insects--Night\u003cbr\u003e of horror--Refuge on a tree--Scented by bloodhounds--March to\u003cbr\u003e the rancho--My guard--Argument about my fate--\"MY UNCLE\" RAFAEL\u003cbr\u003e suddenly appears on the scene--Magic change effected by\u003cbr\u003e my relationship--Clothed, and fed, and comforted--I find an\u003cbr\u003e uncle, and am protected--MESCLET--Made cook's mate--Gallego,\u003cbr\u003e the cook--His appearance and character--DON RAFAEL'S\u003cbr\u003e story--\"Circumstances\"--His counsel for my conduct on the\u003cbr\u003e island                                                             31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. V.--Life on a sand key--Pirates and wreckers--Their\u003cbr\u003e difference--Our galliot destroyed--the gang goes to Cuba--I am\u003cbr\u003e left with Gallego--His daily fishing and nightly flitting--I\u003cbr\u003e watch him--My discoveries in the graveyard--Return of the\u003cbr\u003e wreckers--\"Amphibious Jews\"--Visit from a Cuban\u003cbr\u003e inspector--\"Fishing license\"--Gang goes to Cape Verde--Report\u003cbr\u003e of a fresh wreck--Chance of escape--Arrival--Return of\u003cbr\u003e wreckers--Bachicha and his clipper--Death of Mesclet--My\u003cbr\u003e adventures in a privateer--My restoration to the key--Gallego's\u003cbr\u003e charges--His trial and fate                                        41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. VI.--I am sent from the key--Consigned to a grocer at\u003cbr\u003e Regla--CIBO--His household--Fish-loving padre--Our dinners\u003cbr\u003e and studies--Rafael's fate--Havana--A slaver--I sail for\u003cbr\u003e Africa--The Areostatico's voyage, crew, gale--Mutiny--How\u003cbr\u003e I meet it alone--My first night in Africa!                         57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. VII.--Reflections on my conduct and character--Morning\u003cbr\u003e after the mutiny--Burial of the dead--My wounds--JACK ORMOND\u003cbr\u003e or the \"MONGO JOHN\"--My physician and his prescription--Value\u003cbr\u003e of woman's milk--I make the vessel ready for her slave cargo--I\u003cbr\u003e dine with Mongo John--His harem--Frolic in it--Duplicity of my\u003cbr\u003e captain--I take service with Ormond as his clerk--I _pack_ the\u003cbr\u003e human cargo of the Areostatico--Farewell to my English\u003cbr\u003e cabin-boy--His story                                               68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. VIII.--I take possession of my new quarters--My household\u003cbr\u003e and its fittings--History of Mr. Ormond--How he got his rights\u003cbr\u003e in Africa--I take a survey of his property and of my duties--The\u003cbr\u003e Cerberus of his harem--Unga-golah's stealing--Her rage at my\u003cbr\u003e opposition--A night visit at my quarters--ESTHER, the\u003cbr\u003e quarteroon--A warning and a sentimental scene--Account of\u003cbr\u003e an African factor's harem--Mongo John in his decline--His\u003cbr\u003e women--Their flirtations--Battles among the girls--How African\u003cbr\u003e beaus fight a duel _for love_!--Scene of passionate jealousy\u003cbr\u003e among the women                                                    76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP. IX.--Pains and dreariness of the \"wet season\"--African\u003cbr\u003e rain!--A CARAVAN announced as coming to the Coast--Forest\u003cbr\u003e paths and trails in Africa--How we arrange to catch a\u003cbr\u003e caravan--\"Barkers,\" who they are--AHMAH-DE-BELLAH, son of\u003cbr\u003e the ALI-MAMI of FOOTHA-YALLON--A Fullah chief leads the caravan\u003cbr\u003e of 700 persons--Arrival of the caravan--Its character and\u003cbr\u003e reception--Its produce taken charge of--People billeted--Mode\u003cbr\u003e of trading for the produce of a caravan--(_Note:_ Account of\u003cbr\u003e the produce, its value and results)--Mode of purchasing\u003cbr\u003e the produce--Sale over--","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101077815536,"sku":"2940016070346","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016070346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}