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  CAST AWAY IN THE COLD:

  An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures,as Related byCaptain John Hardy, Mariner.

  by DR. ISAAC I. HAYES,Author of "An Arctic Boat Journey," "The Open Polar Sea," Etc.

  Boston:Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.

  Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, byTicknor and Fields,in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District ofMassachusetts.

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER I. PAGERelates how an Ancient Mariner met three Little People andpromised them a Little Story 1

  CHAPTER II.

  Captain John Hardy, otherwise Ancient Mariner,otherwise Old Man 8

  CHAPTER III.

  Which shows the Old Man to be a Man of his Word 11

  CHAPTER IV.

  The Old Man, having related to the Little People how theYoung Man went to Sea, now proceeds to tell what theYoung Man did there 24

  CHAPTER V.

  In which the Ancient Mariner, continuing his Story, borrowsan Illustration from the "Ancient Mariner" of Song, andthen proceeds to tell how they went into the Cold, andwere cast away there 34

  CHAPTER VI.

  The Old Man meets the Little People under PeculiarCircumstances, and relates to them how the Young Man, beingcast away in the Cold, rescued a Shipmate, and also otherMatters, which, if put into this Title, would spoilthe Story altogether 50

  CHAPTER VII.

  In which the Reader will discover, as the Little People did,how a Life was saved, and a Life was begun 68

  CHAPTER VIII.

  In which the Mariner's Rest and the Ancient Mariner himselfreceive Particular Attention 85

  CHAPTER IX.

  Contains a Recovery, a Discovery, and a Disappointment 90

  CHAPTER X.

  Shows how Some Things may be done as well as Others, withGod's Help and with much Perseverance 100

  CHAPTER XI.

  In which the Little People are convinced of the Goodness ofProvidence, as the Reader ought to be,--seeing that to becast away is not to be forsaken 114

  CHAPTER XII.

  Relates how a Desert Island became a Rock of Good Hope,and other Hopeful Matters which to be understood mustbe read of 131

  CHAPTER XIII.

  The Ancient Mariner takes the Little People on a Little Voyage;and the Little People become convinced that an ArcticWinter, and Aurora Borealis, and an Ancient Mariner,are very Wonderful Things 144

  CHAPTER XIV.

  Proves the Ingenuity of Seals, and shows that the GreatPolar Bear is no Respecter of Persons 162

  CHAPTER XV.

  Shows, among other Curious Matters, that two Boys are betterthan one, and that Pluck is a Good Thing, especiallywhen Polar Bears are around 177

  CHAPTER XVI.

  Covers a Long Period of Time, and shows, among other Things,how a Race may be lost at Both Ends 191

  CHAPTER XVII.

  A very Peculiar Person appears and disappears, and the Castawaysare filled alternately with Hope and Fear 207

  CHAPTER XVIII.

  A Number of Peculiar People appear, and the Castaways disappearfrom the Rock of Good Hope 222

  CHAPTER XIX.

  The Peculiar People proving to be Savages, the Castawaysseize the First Opportunity to leave them, not relishingtheir Company 238

  CHAPTER XX.

  Brings the Holidays of the Little People and the Story ofthe Old Man to an End 254