CHAPTER IX.
LAY-OVERS FOR MEDDLERS 96

CHAPTER X.
RIBSY 99

CHAPTER XI.
ROBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND 110

CHAPTER XII.
A WHALE IN A WAISTCOAT 123

CHAPTER XIII.
THE TALKING WAVES AND THE OLD SEA-DOG 134

CHAPTER XIV.
THE END OF THE BELIEVING VOYAGE 145

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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DAVY AND THE GOBLIN _FRONTISPIECE_

"'I'LL STEER,' SAID THE GOBLIN" 17

"NEXT CAME MARY FARINA" 20

THE RABBIT TAKES LIBERTIES WITH DAVY'S PROPERTY 21

"I'M A COCKALORUM," HE SOFTLY MURMURED 26

"THE CROWD BEGAN TO HUSTLE HIM ACROSS THE ROOM" 34

"BELLS WERE PEALING IN ALL DIRECTIONS" 38

"THE GOBLIN TURNED HIS TELESCOPE TOWARD HIM" 41

MOTHER HUBBARD SINGS A SONG 45

STANDING ON HIS HEAD 47

"CAREERING ON A GOAT" 48

"JUST LISTEN TO THIS" 55

"COCKALORUM HEMMED IN BY A RING OF PITCHFORKS" 61

"'VENISON IS DEER, ISN'T IT?' SAID DAVY, LOOKING UP
AT THE SIGN" 65

"'HOW MANY WATCHES DO YOU WANT?' SAID SHAM-SHAM,
IN A PEEVISH VOICE" 69

"SHAM-SHAM, EXCLAIMING, 'DON'T TELL ME A WATCHED
POT NEVER BOILS!' BEGAN FIRING AT THE WATCHES" 75

THE COCKALORUM IS ILL 77

"THE SAVAGE WAS SITTING IN THE SHADE OF ONE OF
THE DUSTERS" 85

"HE PLAYED HOP-SCOTCH WITH THE STARBOARD WATCH" 91

"HE GAVE ONE HAND TO DAVY AND THE OTHER TO THE
GOBLIN" 94

"JUST HOLD MY BASKET, LIKE A GOOD CHILD" 97

"THE CABMAN HAD CLIMBED UP ON THE TOP OF THE
CAB AND WAS THROWING STONES AT THE HORSE" 101

"ROBINSON REMARKED, 'HE HAS LEFT OUT THE GREATEST
LOT OF COMICAL THINGS'" 114

"IF THE ROADS ARE WET AND MUDDY, WE REMAIN AT
HOME AND STUDY" 117

"THE COCKALORUM CAREFULLY INSPECTED THE MARKING" 126

"'I'M PRETTY WELL, I THANK YOU,' SAID DA