The Project Gutenberg eBook of Rival ocean divers
Title: Rival ocean divers
or, The search for a sunken treasure
Author: Roy Rockwood
Illustrator: A. B. Shute
Release date: May 13, 2025 [eBook #76085]
Language: English
Original publication: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1900
Credits: Aaron Adrignola, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
RIVAL OCEAN DIVERS
Or, The Search for a Sunken Treasure
By ROY ROCKWOOD
AUTHOR OF "A SCHOOLBOY'S PLUCK,"
"THE
WIZARD OF THE SEA," ETC.
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS :: :: NEW YORK
Copyright, 1900 (as a serial)
BY N. L. MUNRO
Copyright, 1905
BY STITT PUBLISHING COMPANY
PREFACE
This story of the "Rival Ocean Divers" has been written especially for such boys as like tales of the deep blue sea.
A search for a hidden treasure is certain to be a fascinating one, and when the treasure is located at the bottom of the great ocean the quest is bound to become more or less perilous.
In opening this tale I had a twofold object in view. The first was to write a story which would interest boys, and the second was to unfold to their view a few of the marvels of deep-sea life, telling of the strange fish and other creatures to be found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
In 1898 the United States government sent out an expedition to certain portions of the Pacific to test a new diving bell and a new machine for deep-sea soundings, and also to bring back such specimens of deep-sea animal and vegetable life as the expedition might be fortunate enough to obtain. The official report of this expedition is extremely interesting and useful, and from it the author has obtained much data of value, for use in the present work.
This story was originally used as a serial in a popular weekly. It seemed to please its readers, and the author hopes that in its present enlarged and rewritten form it will meet with equal favor.
Roy Rockwood.
April 1, 1905.
CONTENTS
| I. | Punishing a Sneak |
| II. | The Hankers' Move |
| III. | A Strange Hotel Adventure |
| IV. | An Ocean Monster |
| V. | From One Danger into Another |
| VI. | Struck by Lightning |
| VII. | "I Cannot Talk!" |
| VIII. | A Disastrous Hunt |
| IX. | A Prisoner Underground |
| X. | Dave Overhears a Plot |
| XI. | Facing a Jaguar |
| XII. | Well-Timed Shots |
| XIII. | Surrounded by Savages |
| XIV. | Another Capture |
| XV. | A Door of Water |
| XVI. | The Escape to the Coast |
| XVII. | A Dash for a Rowboat |
| XVIII. | On the Bosom of the Ocean |
| XIX. | Fighting a Gorilla |
| XX. | An Attack in the Dark |
| XXI. | Dave and the Water Snake |
| XXII. | What the Storm Brought |
| XXIII. | On the Ship Once More |
| XXIV. | Attacked by a Fire Fish |
| XXV. | Left to Perish |
| XXVI. | The Battle of the Fishes |
| XXVII. | The Rival Divers |
| XXVIII. | The Demons of the Deep |
| XXIX. | The Escape from the Demons |
| XXX. | In a Diving Bell |
| XXXI. | The Treasure at Last—Conclusion |