Saved from the Sea; Or, The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures

Chapter One. - The wonderful linguist—I study Arabic—My first voyage to sea—We sail for the coast of Africa—The brig capsized—Saved on a raft.

Chapter Two. - Cast on a sand-bank—Our sufferings from thirst—A happy discovery.

Chapter Three. - We quit the sand-bank—A sail! a sail!—Saved—Don Lopez’s indignation—The ship strikes—Fire! fire!—Cruelly deserted—The wreck blows up.

Chapter Four. - Meeting on the raft—an atrocious deed—A desperate fight—Swimming for life—A terrible doom.

Chapter Five. - A frightful encounter with sharks—A chase, and an escape—Land! land!—Breakers ahead.

Chapter Six. - A deceptive coast—What is it?—Our disappointment—A strange apparition.

Chapter Seven. - Ben’s dream—An unpleasant discovery—A search for water—Friends or foes?—Boxall’s ingenious mode of obtaining a light—Our companion spirited away.

Chapter Eight. - The search for Boxall—The Arab encampment—We find water—Ben makes a “circumbendibus” of the Arab camp—Captured by black Arabs—Antonio’s escape from the wreck—His reception by the Ouadlims.

Chapter Nine. - An unpleasant change—Ben undergoes a severe trial—The Ouadlims receive an unwelcome visit—We are made peace-offerings—A curious spectacle—I make friends with the Sheikh’s brother Abdalah—The shipwrecked party—Discover a valuable friend—Antonio’s escape from the wreck.

Chapter Ten. - The fate of the shipwrecked party—The well in the desert—We see Boxall—A panther visits the camp—Treachery—Selim proves himself a true friend—Antonio made prisoner—His escape—We rescue the sheikh from a mountain of sand—The salt region.