Contents

About the Book

About the Author

Also by Arthur Ransome

List of Illustrations

Maps

Dedication

Title Page

Epigraph

1. The Sea Bear

2. Feeling Her Way In

3. Putting Her on Legs

4. The First Discovery

5. ‘We Are Being Stalked!’

6. First Sight of the Birds

7. Is It or Isn’t It?

8. ‘He’s Still There!’

9. Cross Purposes

10. Mutiny Aboard

11. The Egg-Collector Cooks His Own Goose

12. Waiting for a Chance

13. Giving Him the Slip

14. ‘I’ve Got to Have a Hide’

15. Interrupted Netting Party

16. A Good Look-Out

17. Enemies Afloat and Ashore

18. Night Visit to the Island

19. A Clear Coast for Dick

20. The Decoys

21. The Red Herrings

22. The Round-Up

23. Ship’s Naturalist

24. Unwanted Rescuer

25. Roger’s Dull Day

26. The McGinty Listens to Reason

27. Too Late!

28. ‘But What Has He Done with the Eggs?’

29. ‘Quick! Quick!’

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