The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa
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Chapters (79)
- THE RIVER OF DARKNESS.
- PROLOGUE.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE STOLEN DESPATCHES.
- CHAPTER II.
- A STRANGE MEETING.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE ARAB’S WARNING.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE ALARM.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE NIGHT ON THE ROOF.
- CHAPTER VI.
- A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH.
- CHAPTER VII.
- SOLD INTO SLAVERY.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE SEPARATION.
- CHAPTER IX.
- A CLOSE SHAVE.
- CHAPTER X.
- THE SLAVE PRISON.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CANARIS UNFOLDS A TALE.
- CHAPTER XII.
- A DARING MOVE.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE FLIGHT THROUGH THE TOWN.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- OVER THE WALLS.
- CHAPTER XV.
- THE PURSUIT.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- BESIEGED.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- A CLOSE SHAVE.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE UNDERGROUND RIVER.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- A DARING EXPEDITION.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CUT OFF FROM THE OUTER WORLD.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- A WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- SIR ARTHUR WAKES AT THE RIGHT TIME.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- THE JOURNEY ON THE LAKE.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- THE ISLE OF SKELETONS.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- ALL HOPE VANISHES.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- A DESPERATE FIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- GUY SAVES SIR ARTHUR.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- A TERRIBLE BLUNDER.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- GOOD-BY TO THE LAKE.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- A TERRIBLE RIDE.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- MORE MISERY.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- BILDAD DRINKS NEW LIFE.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- BILDAD TURNS CANNIBAL.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- THE END OF THE CAVERN.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- CAPTAIN BECKER LOSES A WAGER.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- CONCLUSION.
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