VII. IN SIMON'S BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.--EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION ON THE PART OF CAPTAIN PUFFEIGH WITH REGARD TO A LOVELY GERMAN FRAULEIN 44 VIII. THE PERSECUTION OF CHARLES DUNSTABLE, ORDINARY SEAMAN 50 IX. AT SINGAPORE.--THOMPSON VISITS MR. OLDCRACKLE, AND IS MOST HOSPITABLY ENTERTAINED.--THE EFFECT OF A LOVELY PAIR OF BLACK EYES UPON A TOO SUSCEPTIBLE SAILOR 55 X. FATAL RESULT OF CRUSHE'S TYRANNY.--DEATH OF A GOOD OFFICER, AND EXECUTION OF HIS ASSASSIN 64 XI. HONG-KONG.--THE STINGERS AMONG THE PIRATES.--LAST MOMENTS OF OLD JEMMY 72 XII. THE STINGERS MARCH TO THE RESCUE OF A YOUNG LADY.--SMOKING OUT A PIRATE'S NEST 81 XIII. PUFFEIGH FALLS IN WITH A YANKEE CAPTAIN, OF WHOM HE BUYS SOME EXPERIENCE.--CLARE'S HALLUCINATION 89 XIV. CAPTURE OF THOMPSON BY "THE HEATHEN CHINEE."--CAPTAIN PUFFEIGH AND LIEUTENANT CRUSHE ARE PROMOTED, AND LEAVE THE SHIP 95 XV. THOMPSON ESCAPES FROM SSE-TSEIN, AND SHIPS ON BOARD A CANAL BOAT.--CAPTAIN MO AND HIS WIFE JOW.--BIGAMY 107 XVI. AN ASSAULT AT ARMS, AND THE STORIES OF TWO INOFFENSIVE SAILORS 117 XVII. A-TAE 126 XVIII. CAPTAIN WOODWARD AND YAOU-CHUNG.--HOW THE TAONTAI "PLAYED IT" UPON HIS GUESTS 134 XIX. "O-MI-TU-FUH!"--A CHINESE GIRL'S LOVE AND DEVOTION.--THOMPSON'S APPEARANCE AS A STAR COMEDIAN 143 XX. THE BATTLE OF CHOW-CHAN CREEK.--MARRIAGE OF MISS MOORE 152 XXI. THE STINGER VISITS JAPAN.--MR. SHEVER'S LAST PIPE 161 XXII. UP THE RIVER.--CLARE GOES THROUGH FIRE AND WATER.--ON TO CANTON 168 XXIII. THOMPSON TURNS BILL-STICKER.--THE NOTICE TO QUIT SERVED ON GOVERNOR YEH.--POETRY 177 XXIV. WHAT THE STINGERS DID TOWARDS TAKING CANTON 187 XXV. FAREWELL TO "THE HEATHEN CHINEE."--HARD TIMES AGAIN FOR THE STINGERS.--THOMPSON RE-VISITS HIS OLD FLAME AT THE CAPE 194 XXVI. THOMPSON FALLS (PLATONICALLY) IN LOVE WITH A CHARMING YOUNG LADY "WHO CALLS HERSELF COPS" WHILE HE IS COURTED BY HER BONNE.--CEMENT FOR A BROKEN HEART 204 XXVII. THE WIDOW'S WOOING AND WHAT CAME OF IT.--THOMPSON IS EXPOSED TO A RAKING FIRE, BUT COMES OFF WITH FLYING COLOURS 214 XXVIII. HOME 224 BLUE JACKETS; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF