The golden pool
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- Chapter I In Which I Make the Acquaintance of Captain Bithery
- Chapter II In Which I Set Out for Africa
- Chapter III I Hear Strange Stories and Vague Rumours
- Chapter IV I Visit a Graveyard and Meet a Blind Man
- Chapter V I Encounter a Curious Relic
- Chapter VI The Journal of Captain Barnabas Hogg
- Chapter VII I Form an Absurd Resolution
- Chapter VIII I Make a New Acquaintance
- Chapter IX I Bid Farewell to My Friends
- Chapter X I Take to the Road
- Chapter XI I Find Myself Among Enemies
- Chapter XII I Change My Identity
- Chapter XIII The Golden Pool
- Chapter XIV I Am Led into Captivity
- Chapter XV The Aboasi Mine
- Chapter XVI I Assist in a Robbery and Become a Fugitive
- Chapter XVII The Last of Bukári Moshi
- Chapter XVIII I Again Become a Fugitive
- Chapter XIX I Make My Appearance in a New Character
- Chapter XX I Join a Party of Bohemians
- Chapter XXI I Meet with Some Old Acquaintances
- Chapter XXII A Catastrophe
- Chapter XXIII I Make a Curious Discovery
- Chapter XXIV I Return to an Old Trade
- Chapter XXV I Set Out upon My Voyage
- Chapter XXVI I Put Out into the Darkness
- Chapter XXVII Ship Ahoy!
- Chapter XXVIII In Which I Bid Farewell to the Reader
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