ME ON BOARD WERE THEMSELVES KIDNAPPED _facing_ 98

"THE ROPE WAS PUT AROUND HIS NECK" 103

"BOUND THEM TO THE CHAIN CABLE" 114

"SENDING BOAT AND MEN FLYING INTO THE AIR" 128

"SUDDENLY THE MATE GAVE A HOWL--'STARN ALL!" _facing_ 132

"ROT AT MOLDERING WHARVES" 140

"THERE SHE BLOWS!" 144

"TAKING IT IN HIS JAWS" 146

NEARLY EVERY MAN ON THE QUARTERDECK OF THE "ARGO" WAS KILLED OR
WOUNDED 162

THE PRISON SHIP "JERSEY" 163

IF THEY RETREATED FARTHER HE WOULD BLOW UP THE SHIP _facing_ 176

"I THINK SHE IS A HEAVY SHIP" 179

"STRIVING TO REACH HER DECKS AT EVERY POINT" 186

"THEY FELL DOWN AND DIED AS THEY WALKED" 199

"THE TREACHEROUS KAYAK" 203

THE SHIP WAS CAUGHT IN THE ICE PACK _facing_ 204

ADRIFT ON AN ICE FLOE 206

DE LONG'S MEN DRAGGING THEIR BOATS OVER THE ICE 210

AN ARCTIC HOUSE 224

AN ESQUIMAU 227

THE WOODEN BATEAUX OF THE FUR TRADERS _facing_ 236

"THE RED-MEN SET UPON THEM AND SLEW THEM ALL" 241

ONE OF THE FIRST LAKE SAILORS 243

"TWO BOAT-LOADS OF REDCOATS BOARDED US AND TOOK US PRISONERS" 245

A VANISHING TYPE ON THE LAKES 249

"THE WHALEBACK" 253

FLATBOATS MANNED WITH RIFLEMEN _facing_ 266

"THE EVENING WOULD PASS IN RUDE AND HARMLESS JOLLITY" 271

THE MISSISSIPPI PILOT 286

A DECK LOAD OF COTTON 290

FEEDING THE FURNACE 293

ON THE BANKS 314

"THE BOYS MARKED THEIR FISH BY CUTTING OFF THEIR TAILS" 322

FISHING