III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

Showing how Jean Baptistin Quiès had displayed extra-

ordinary aptitude for the natural sciences from his

earliest childhood

Saint-Pignon les Girouettes

How and why Dr. J. B. Quiès, having ascertained that

a man-servant was indispensable to him, engaged

one at noon and gave him a week's notice at a

quarter to one o'clock

Proving that if twenty little rivulets make a big river, a

thousand pin-pricks are equal to a sword-thrust

A grain of sand in a watch

VIII. Attila, Attila, pour sûr a passé par là. (Well-known air.)

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

In which Dr. Quiès takes an irrevocable determination .

In which Commandant La Carriole departs on a horse

and returns on a mule

Treats of the events which led to Dr J. B. Quiès'

having made an additional journey of one hundred

and forty-eight kilometers

In which it will be made evident that Dr. J. B. Quiès

was very wrong to have pigeons stewed which ought

to have been roasted

Mademoiselle Haydée

XV.

In which Dr. Quiès rides on horseback for the first time

in his life

Treats of the probable death of Dr. J. B. Quiès, and that

which ensued upon it

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XX.

XXI.

Showing how Dr. J. B. Quiès began his great work on

the unexplored territories of Central Africa.

Shows that if crime is sometimes punished, virtue is

not invariably rewarded

XXII. C 3 D.

XXIII. A shot in an ant-hill

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

In which Dr. J. B. Quiès infinitely regrets that he had

not arrived a week later at Saint-Pignon les

Girouettes

Showing how Dr. J. B. Quiès, having slept from Paris

to Vienna, and from Vienna to Pesth, snored from

Pesth to Turn-Severin

Showing in what manner Dr. J. B. Quiès and M.

Bonamy had it proved to them, to their cost, that

it is sometimes well to be modest

XXVII. Treats of the imprudence of anger, and the utility of

bits of string.

XXVIII. Shows that what did happen would not have happened

if Dr. Quiès had weighed fifty pounds less

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XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine

From three take one-two remain

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308

In which Dr. J. B. Quiès arrives just in time to reap

the fruits of his remarkable adventures

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

"Ah! how long a whole minute is !”

"Look sharp, there," said one of the workmen,

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"follow your

M. Bonamy passed his fingers through his hair, and wrote.

M. de Préchafoin.

The departure of Dr. Quiès

Commandant La Carriole

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60

"How much did you weigh at Saint-Pignon?”

Médéah

Chiffa Gorge.

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80

It was a mule! A mule saddled and bridled

It was Dr. Quiès who entered the room

"If this fellow thinks I am going to be done by him!"

"There he is, M. Salomon "

From Médéah to Boghar

"Make a stew of them, of course"

Provided himself with an old umbrella, and started

The ground gave way beneath his tread

"Eh! it's the old lunatic from yonder!"

He emerged from the straw like a "Jack-in-the-box "

It half-opened its jaws, and uttered a roar of satisfaction

Familiarity of Mdlle. Haydée

He had been seen to set out at a gallop

95

J. B. Quiès writing his last will

The departure of the caravan

The funeral oration

The encampment .

La Carriole and Henri placed themselves at the head of the hunt

The searchers had found a note-book

"The usufruct! What should I do with your usufruct?'

"That three hundred thousand francs is a large sum to disburse'

The ostrich sped on and on!

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153

The ostrich suddenly dropped beneath him .

"Where can I be? and who are these people?"

The Arab sent a puff of smoke in his direction

Sir Thomas Nicholl

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Two negroes laid hands on the doctor .

"I have the honour of introducing to you Dr. Quiès

Quiès stood with uplifted eyes and open mouth

The doctor uttered a piercing cry

"One idea that besets me

"It seemed to me that I was gazing upon a vast expanse of

yellowish sea"

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"I made a last, a supreme effort, and instead of the cry which I

strove to utter, I heard two!".

And flung herself upon the brutal soldier

Dr. Quiès, in a transport of rage, put his rifle to his shoulder and

fired.

Magloire, arriving in the nick of time, struck up the weapon

Khartoum

Reading the despatch of Quiès at the Café de la Comédie

229

The great news was spread throughout the town

230

At the word "swindle" Mdme. Ragot jumped up

235

"Alive! he is alive!"

241

Gertrude threw herself into his arms

245

Quiès looked with half-dazed dread at the crowd

249

"The beer at the refreshment-room is very good

254

Karl Brünner

260

He stood up on a chair, and, with eyes aflame, addressed the

company

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He fell soundly asleep.

262

They all set to work, bent double, to seek for the lost instrument 266 Magloire put the horn mechanically to his lips

Dr. J. B. Quiès dined on three dozen raw mussels

294

"Very well, then," said M. Bonamy, losing patience

Dr. Quiès, now quite worn out, slept profoundly .
The wreck of the "Capricorn

Arrival of Dr. Quiès and Magloire at Saint-Pignon

318

Gertrude fell into a swoon

319

Dr. Quiès speaks in person

321

Except his cousin Mdme. Ragot, who had also fallen into a swoon

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