There was nothing in the boat that could possibly be used as a paddle; the scull was only five or six yards away, but to attempt to swim to it was certain death, yet they were being swept out to sea. He might have made the attempt, only that on the starboard quarter the form of the shark, gently swimming at the same pace as they were drifting, could be made out only half veiled by the water.
       The bird perched on the gunwale seemed to divine their trouble, for he rose in the air, made a circle, and resumed his perch with all his feathers ruffled.
       Dick stood in despair, helpless, his hands clasping his head. The shore was drawing away before him, the surf loudening behind him, yet he could do nothing. The island was being taken away from them by the great hand of the sea.
       Then, suddenly, the little boat entered the race formed by the confluence of the tides, from the right and left arms of the lagoon; the sound of the surf suddenly increased as though a door had been flung open. The breakers were falling and the sea-gulls crying on either side of them, and for a moment the ocean seemed to hesitate as to whether they were to be taken away into her wastes, or dashed on the coral strand. Only for a moment this seeming hesitation lasted; then the power of the tide prevailed over the power of the swell, and the little boat taken by the current drifted gently out to sea.
       Dick flung himself down beside Emmeline, who was seated in the bottom of the boat holding the child to her breast. The bird, seeing the land retreat, and wise in its instinct. rose into the air. It circled thrice round the drifting boat, and then, like a beautiful but faithless spirit, passed away to the shore.

part i
   Chapter I. Where the Slush Lamp Burns
   Chapter II. Under the Stars
   Chapter III. The Shadow and the Fire
   Chapter IV. And Like a Dream Dissolved
   Chapter V. Voices Heard in the Mist
   Chapter VI. Dawn on a Wide, Wide Sea
   Chapter VII. Story of the Pig and the Billy-Goat
   Chapter VIII. "S-H-E-N-A-N-D-O-A-H"
   Chapter IX. Shadows in the Moonlight
   Chapter X. The Tragedy of the Boats
part ii
   Chapter XI. The Island
   Chapter XII. The Lake of Azure
   Chapter XIII. Death Veiled with Lichen
   Chapter XIV. Echoes of Fairy-Land
   Chapter XV. Fair Pictures in the Blue
part iii
   Chapter XVI. The Poetry of Learning
   Chapter XVII. The Devil's Cask
   Chapter XVIII. The Rat Hunt
   Chapter XIX. Starlight on the Foam
   Chapter XX. The Dreamer on the Reef
   Chapter XXI. The Garland of Flowers
   Chapter XXII. Alone
   Chapter XXIII. They Move Away
Chapter I. Under the Artu Tree
Chapter II. Half Child--Half Savage
Chapter III. The Demon of the Reef
Chapter IV. What Beauty Concealed
Chapter V. The Sound of a Drum
Chapter VI. Sails Upon the Sea
Chapter VII. The Schooner
Chapter VIII. Love Steps In
Chapter IX. The Sleep of Paradise
Chapter X. An Island Honeymoon
Chapter XI. The Vanishing of Emmeline
Chapter XII. The Vanishing of Emmeline (continued)
Chapter XIII. The Newcomer
Chapter XIV. Hannah
Chapter XV. The Lagoon of Fire
Chapter XVI. The Cyclone
Chapter XVII. The Stricken Woods
Chapter XVIII. A Fallen Idol
Chapter XIX. The Expedition
Chapter XX. The Keeper of the Lagoon
Chapter XXI. The Hand of the Sea
Chapter XXII. Together
Chapter I. Mad Lestrange
Chapter II. The Secret of the Azure
Chapter III. Captain Fountain
Chapter IV. Due South