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"CAME UNEXPECTEDLY ON A CAVERN."

BLOWN TO BITS

OR

THE LONELY MAN OF RAKATA.

A Tale of the Malay Archipelago.

BY R.M. BALLANTYNE,

AUTHOR OF "BLUE LIGHTS, OR HOT WORK IN THE SOUDAN;" "THE FUGITIVES;""RED ROONEY;" "THE ROVER OF THE ANDES;" "THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST;" "THERED ERIC;" "FREAKS ON THE FELLS;" "THE YOUNG TRAWLER;" "DUSTY DIAMONDS;""THE BATTERY AND THE BOILER;" "POST HASTE;" "BLACK IVORY;" "THE IRONHORSE;" "FIGHTING THE FLAMES;" "THE LIFEBOAT;" ETC. ETC.

With Illustrations by the Author.

EIGHTH THOUSAND.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET.

1894.

PREFACE.

The extremely violent nature of the volcanic eruption in Krakatoa in1883, the peculiar beauty of those parts of the eastern seas where theevent occurred, the wide-spread influences of the accompanyingphenomena, and the tremendous devastation which resulted, have allinspired me with a desire to bring the matter, in the garb of a tale,before that portion of the juvenile world which accords me a hearing.

For most of the facts connected with the eruption which have beenimported into my story, I have to acknowledge myself indebted to therecently published important and exhaustive "Report" of the KrakatoaCommittee, appointed by the Royal Society to make a thoroughinvestigation of the whole matter in all its phases.

I have also to acknowledge having obtained much interesting and usefulinformation from the following among other works:—The MalayArchipelago, by A.R. Wallace; A Naturalist's Wanderings in the EasternArchipelago, by H.O. Forbes; and Darwin's Journal of Researches roundthe world in H.M.S. "Beagle."

R.M. BALLANTYNE.

HARROW-ON-THE HILL, 1889.

CONTENTS.

• CHAPTER I.—THE PLAY COMMENCES
• CHAPTER II.—THE HAVEN IN THE CORAL RING
• CHAPTER III.—INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF VARIOUS KINDS
• CHAPTER IV.—NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCES
• CHAPTER V.—CAPTAIN ROY SURPRISES AND GRATIFIES HIS SON, WHO SURPRISES A NEGRO, AND SUDDENLY FORMS AN ASTONISHING RESOLVE
• CHAPTER VI.—THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED
• CHAPTER VII.—WONDERS OF THE HERMIT'S CAVE AND ISLAND
• CHAPTER VIII.—PERBOEWATAN BECOMES MODERATELY VIOLENT
• CHAPTER IX.—DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SINGULAR MEETING UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
• CHAPTER X.—A CURIOUS SEA-GOING CRAFT—THE UNKNOWN VOYAGE BEGUN
• CHAPTER XI.—CANOEING ON THE SEA—A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT-SURPRISE AND SUDDEN FLIGHT
• CHAPTER XII.—WEATHERING A STORM IN THE OPEN SEA
• CHAPTER XIII.—FRIENDS ARE MET WITH, ALSO PIRATES, AND A LIFE-OR-DEATH PADDLE ENSUES
• CHAPTER XIV.—A NEW FRIEND FOUND—NEW DANGERS ENCOUNTERED AND NEW HOPES DELAYED
• CHAPTER XV.—HUNTING THE GREAT MAN-MONKEY
• CHAPTER XVI.—BEGINS WITH A TERRIBLE FIGHT AND ENDS WITH A HASTY FLIGHT
• CHAPTER XVII.—TELLS OF THE JOYS, ETC., OF THE PROFESSOR IN THE SUMATRAN FORESTS, ALSO OF A CATASTROPHE AVERTED
• CHAPTER XVIII.—A TRYING ORDEAL—DANGER THREATENS AND FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON
• CHAPTER XIX.—A TERRIBLE MURDER AND A STRANGE REVELATION
• CHAPTER XX.—NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES—UNDERTAKES A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL
• CHAPTER XXI.—IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF
• CHAPTER XXII.—A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED
• CHAPTER XXIII.—TELLS OF VOLCANIC FIRES AND A STRANGE RETURN "HOME,"
• CHAPTER XXIV.—AN AWFUL NIGHT AND TERRIBLE MORNING
• CHAPTER XXV.—ADVENTURES OF THE "SUNSHINE" AND AN UNEXPECTED REUNION
• CHAPTER XXVI.—A CLIMAX
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