CONTENTS.
CHAPTERPAGEI.In the Far South1II.Three Canoes, and the Fate of One8III.Sumner Receives a Second Offer18IV.Teaching a Thief a Lesson26V.The Great Florida Reef33VI.Pineapples and Sponges41VII.Mysterious Disappearance of the Canoes49VIII.Life on the Lonely Island57IX.The Nocturnal Visitor64X.Whose Are They? and Where Did They Come From?73XI.Sumner Drifts Away on a Raft80XII.Picked Up in the Gulf Stream89XIII.A Mystery of the Reef96XIV.Worth and Quorum are Missing105XV.Worth and Quorum in Search of Sumner112XVI.A Night in Alligator Light121XVII.An Entertainment on the Key128XVIII.Off for the Everglades137XIX.The Canoes are Again Lost, and Again Found145XX.The Psyche as a Life-boat153XXI.Sumner's Self-sacrifice160XXII.Good-bye to the Transit168XXIII.Worth Meets a Panther175XXIV.Rattlesnakes and Rifle-shots184XXV.Worth's Lonely Night-watch192XXVI.The Florida Everglades201XXVII.A Prehistoric Everglade Mound209XXVIII.What Became of Quorum and the Canoes218XXIX.A Very Serious Predicament226XXX.Quorum as an Ambassador234XXXI.A Closely Guarded Camp242XXXII.Crossing the 'Glades Without Seeing Them250XXXIII.An Adventurous Deer-hunt258XXXIV.Hemmed In by a Forest Fire266XXXV.The Boys in a Seminole Camp275XXXVI.One of the Rarest Animals in the World284XXXVII.Fishing for Sharks292XXXVIII.Little Ko-wik-a Sails Out to Sea301XXXIX.A Black Squall and the Stranded Steamer308XL.The Happy Ending of the Cruise317