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CHAP. I. — OPENS THE TALE, 1

II.— UNFOLDS A LITTLE OF THE TALE, 7

III. — REVEALS SOMETHING SURPRISING IN REGARD TO EUROPEAN FORBEARANCE AND PIRATIC IMPUDENCE, 18

IV. — INTRODUCES THE READER TO THE PIRATE CITY, AND TO A FEW OF ITS PECULIARITIES AND PRACTICES, 28

v. — SHOWS THE LIGHT IN WHICH CONSULS WERE REGARDED BY PIRATES, AND TELLS OF A CRUEL SEPARATION AND A STUNNING BLOW, 45

VI. — SENDS A GLEAM OF HOPE INTO A GLOOMY REGION, 57

VII. — SOME NEW CHARACTERS WALK, GLIDE, AND FURIOUSLY GALLOP INTO THE TALE, AND OTHERWISE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO NOTICE, 68

VIII.— TED FLAGGAN AND RAIS ALI PROCEED ON A MISSION, AND SEE IMPRESSIVE SIGHTS, 77

IX. — DESCRIBES A MOORISH BRIDE, A WEDDING, AND A METAMORPHOSIS, BESIDES INDICATING A PLOT, 91

X. — SHOWS WHAT LESSONS WERE TAUGHT IN THE BAGNIO, AND DESCRIBES A BRAVE DASH FOE FREEDOM, 108

XI.— IS DIPLOMATIC AND OTHERWISE, 124

XII. — MRS. LANGLEY AND AGNES GO OCT TO DINNER, 138