Wrecked on a Reef; or, Twenty Months Among the Auckland Isles. A True Story

Wrecked on a Reef; or, Twenty Months Among the Auckland Isles. A True Story, From The French of François Édouard Raynal (F E. Raynal). Published in London in 1874. (363 pages)

This is F. E. Raynal’s epic account of the wreck of the Grafton and the five castaways’ survival on Auckland Island helped make castaway stories important in maritime folklore. Raynal’s account, first published in French in 1870 and in English in 1874, was used by Jules Verne for his book "Mysterious Island."

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Preface:
THE following pages are translated irom a French narrative of much interest, "Les Naufragés des Auckland Iles," which records the adventures of a small company of shipwrecked seamen on one of that little-known group. The story is graphically related, but, apparently, without any attempt at exaggeration; and if it contains no "hair-breadth 'scapes" or "wonderful adventures," it is full of instructive details, while by no means deficient in "wholesome excitement." To the young, its Robinson Crusoe-like character will unquestionably prove attractive; and they will have the satisfaction of knowing, while they read, that their sympathies are not stirred by the consummate skill of a master of romance, but by the force of a true tale plainly told.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter I.
OBJECT OF OUR EXPEDITION — THE SCHOONER "GRAFTON" — OUR DEPARTURE
Chapter II.
MY COMRADES — A TEMPEST — WE ARRIVE AT CAMPBELL ISLAND
Chapter III.
USELESSNESS OF OUR EXPLORATIONS — I AM TAKEN ILL — WE LEAVE CAMPBELL ISLAND
Chapter IV.
APPEARANCE OF THE SEALS — THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS — A NIGHT OF ANGUISH — THE SHIPWRECK
Chapter V.
A MOMENT OF DESPAIR — OUR ENCAMPMENT — A COMBAT OF SEA-LIONS — CAPTURE OF ONE OF THESE ANIMALS
Chapter VI.
THE BLUE FLIES — OUR BIRDS — OUR FIRST JOINT OF ROAST MEAT — WE PROJECT THE BUILDING OF A HOUSE — COMMON PRAYER
Chapter VII.
BUILDING OF THE FRAMEWORK AND CHIMNEY OF OUR HUT — VISIT TO THE WEST CHANNEL, AND TO THE MONUMENT ISLAND
Chapter VIII.
COMPLETION OF OUR HUT — I MANUFACTURE SOME SOAP — FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN — ERECTION OF A SIGNAL-POST — THE CORMORANTS
Chapter IX.
A MASSACRE OF INNOCENTS — OUR FURNITURE — ADOPTION OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS — THE EVENING SCHOOL — OUR PASTIMES
Chapter X.
A GRINDSTONE — THE CHARTS — A TEMPTATION — VISIT TO THE EIGHT ISLAND — THE PATRIARCH OF THE PHOCÆ
Chapter XI.
WE ERECT ANOTHER SIGNAL — A NEW DISH — MY REASONS FOR GIVING UP BEER — OUR PARROQUETS — DOGS IN THE ISLAND
Chapter XIl.
A NIGHT IN THE OPEN AIR — I UNDERTAKE TO TAN THE SKINS OF THE SEA-LIONS
Chapter XIII.
THE SNOW-STORM — MIGRATION OF THE SEALS — DEATH OF HIS MAJESTY, ROYAL TOM — THE AURORA AUSTALIS, OR "SOUTHERN LIGHTS" — A SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE
Chapter XIV.
EXCURSION TO THE WEST CHANNEL — DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT ENCAMPMENT — SHIPWRECKS
Chapter XV.
DISTRESS — IN THE RECESSES OF THE GULF — RETURN OF PLENTY — A MOMENT OF HAPPINESS
Chapter XVI.
THE PEAK OF THE CAVERN — WE ARE SURPRISED IN A THICK MIST — VISIT TO THE CENTRAL HARBOUR — THE CURRANTS — AN IMPRACTICABLE IDEA
Chapter XVII.
MY EXPERIENCES AS A BOOT AND SHOE MAKER — OUR DESPAIRING CONJECTURES — RETURN OF THE SUMMER SEASON — OUR GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES
Chapter XVIII.
PROJECT OF DELIVERANCE — INVENTION AND ERECTION OF A FORGE-BELLOWS — DEVOTION OF EVERYBODY TO THE COMMON WORK
Chapter XIX.
MANUFACTURING OUR TOOLS — WE RESOVLE ON ADOPTING A NEW PLAN
Chapter XX.
COMPLETION AND LAUNCH OF THE BOAT — A SEPARATION
Chapter XXI.
STORMS AND FAMINE — LAND! — WB DISEMBARK AT PORT ADVENTURE — OUR REMOVAL TO INVERCARGILL
Chapter XXII.
MUSGRAVE RETURNS TO THE AUCKLANDS, AND BRINGS BACK OUR TWO COMPANIONS — NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE — THE DEAD BODY AT PORT ROSS
Chapter XXIII.
DEPARTURE FOR SYDNEY — WE PUT INTO PORT CHALMERS — THE MYSTERY OF PORT ROSS ID EXPLAINED — I RETURN TO FRANCE
Appendix. I.
NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE "INVERCAULD" AMONG THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS, BY CAPTAIN DELGARNO
Appendix. Il.
WRECK OF THE SHIP "GENERAL GRANT" — SIXTY-EIGHT DEAD — TEN SURVIVORS CONFINED.
Appendix. IIl.
THE SEA-LIONS
Appendix. IV.
PROOF OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE FOREGOING NARRATIVE

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Wrecked on a Reef; or, Twenty Months Among the Auckland Isles. A True Story