Contents Preface. Chapter 1: "Something Like An Adventure." Chapter 2: A Great Change. Chapter 3: An Unexpected Journey. Chapter 4: Preparations For A Voyage. Chapter 5: A French Privateer. Chapter 6: The Rock Fortress. Chapter 7: Troubles Ahead. Chapter 8: The Siege Begins. Chapter 9: The Antelope. Chapter 10: A Cruise In A Privateer. Chapter 11: Cutting Out A Prize. Chapter 12: A Rich Prize. Chapter 13: Oranges And Lemons. Chapter 14: A Welcome Cargo. Chapter 15: Bob's Mission. Chapter 16: A Cruise In The Brilliant. Chapter 17: The Floating Batteries.Chapter 1: "Something Like An Adventure."Had Mr. Tulloch, the headmaster and proprietor of a large school atPutney, been asked which was the most troublesome boy in hisschool, he would probably have replied, without hesitation, "BobRepton."But, being a just and fair-minded man, he would have hastened toqualify this remark, by adding:"Most troublesome, but by no means the worst boy. You mustunderstand that. He is always in scrapes, always in mischief. Inall my experience I have never before come across a boy who hadsuch an aptitude for getting into trouble; but I have nothing elseto say against him. He is straightforward and manly. I have neverknown him to tell a lie, to screen himself. He is an example tomany others in that way. I like the boy, in spite of the endlesstrouble he gives, and yet there is scarcely a day passes that I amnot obliged to cane him; and even that does him no good, as far asI can see, for he seems to forget it, five minutes after it isover. I wonder, sometimes, if he has really got hardened, anddoesn't feel it.