------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. [Illustration: THE LITTLE FELLOW SMILED IN THE WEATHER-BEATEN FACE. [_See page 15._ ] DORYMATES A TALE OF THE FISHING BANKS BY KIRK MUNROE AUTHOR OF “WAKULLA” “FLAMINGO FEATHER” “DERRICK STERLING” ETC. =Illustrated= NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1889, by HARPER & BROTHERS. CONTENTS. ------- CHAPTER PAGE I. A WAIF OF THE SEA 11 II. ON BOARD THE “CURLEW” 25 III. THE HAULING OF THE SEINE 37 IV. A SUDDEN DISASTER 51 V. SAVED BY ELECTRICITY 64 VI. THE GALE ON GEORGE’S 78 VII. A STRUGGLE FOR A LIFE 92 VIII. A FALSE FRIEND, AND AN OPEN ENEMY 105 IX. KIDNAPPED.--THE PROMISE 119 X. TRAWLS AND WHALES 132 XI. SURROUNDED BY ARCTIC ICE 145 XII. AN ICE CAVE AND ITS PRISONERS 159 XIII. LOST IN THE FOG 172 XIV. THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN BALL 186 XV. A WONDERFUL MEETING 200 XVI. NAVIGATING THE BRIG 213 XVII. OVERBOARD AND INBOARD 227 XVIII. NEWS FROM HOME 240 XIX. THE DEVIL-FISH OF FLEMISH CAP 253 XX. ON THE COAST OF ICELAND 266 XXI. TEMPTED FROM DUTY 279 XXII. THE STEAM-YACHT “SAGA” 292 XXIII. PONIES AND GEYSERS 306 XXIV.