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ge--Half of a dory for a ship's boat--The run from Gloucester to Nova Scotia--A shaking up in home waters--Among old friends.

* CHAPTER III

Good-by to the American coast--Off Sable Island in a fog--In the open sea--The man in the moon takes an interest in the voyage--The first fit of loneliness--The Spray encounters La Vaguisa--A bottle of wine from the Spaniard--A bout of words with the captain of the Java--The steamship Olympia spoken--Arrival at the Azores.

* CHAPTER IV

Squally weather in the Azores--High living--Delirious from cheese and plums--The pilot of the Pinta--At Gibraltar--Compliments exchanged with the British navy--A picnic on the Morocco shore.

* CHAPTER V

Sailing from Gibraltar with the assistance of her Majesty's tug--The Spray's course changed from the Suez Canal to Cape Horn--Chased by a Moorish pirate--A comparison with Columbus--The Canary Islands--The Cape Verde Islands--Sea life--Arrival at Pernambuco--A bill against the Brazilian government--Preparing for the stormy weather of the cape.

* CHAPTER VI

Departure from Rio de Janeiro--The Spray ashore on the sands of Uruguay--A narrow escape from shipwreck--The boy who found a sloop--The Spray floated but somewhat damaged--Courtesies from the British consul at Maldonado--A warm greeting at Montevideo--An excursion to Buenos Aires--Shortening the mast and bowsprit.

* CHAPTER VII

Weighing anchor at Buenos Aires--An outburst of emotion at the mouth of the Plate--Submerged by a great wave--A stormy entrance to the strait--Captain Samblich's happy gift of a bag of carpet-tacks--Off Cape Froward--Chased by Indians from Fortescue Bay--A miss-shot for "Black Pedro"--Taking in supplies of wood and water at Three Island Cove--Animal life.

* CHAPTER VIII

From Cape Pillar into the Pacific--Driven by a tempest toward Cape Horn--Captain Slocum's greatest sea adventure--Reaching the strait again by way of

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