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Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War

By G. A. Henty

By G. A. Henty.

A Chapter of Adventures: Or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria. By G. A. Henty. With 6 full-page Illustrations by W. H. Overend. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d.

An east-coast fishing lad, by an act of heroism, secures the interest of a ship-owner, who places him as an apprentice on board one of his ships. In company with two of his fellow-apprentices he is left behind, at Alexandria, in the hands of the revolted Egyptian troops, and is present through the bombardment and the scenes of riot and bloodshed which accompanied it. They ultimately effect their escape, and in the subsequent terrible voyage their ship is wrecked, and only the hero and a friend are saved. The yarns of an old seaman on board add to the interest of the exciting events of the narrative itself.