Produced by Ted Garvin, Daniel Mahu, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net JAPHET, IN SEARCH OF A FATHER BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT LONDON J.M. DENT AND CO. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN AND CO. MDCCCXCVI Contents CHAPTER I 1 CHAPTER II 7 CHAPTER III 14 CHAPTER IV 18 CHAPTER V 24 CHAPTER VI 29 CHAPTER VII 37 CHAPTER VIII 41 CHAPTER IX 47 CHAPTER X 53 CHAPTER XI 60 CHAPTER XII 67 CHAPTER XIII 73 CHAPTER XIV 79 CHAPTER XV 84 CHAPTER XVI 91 CHAPTER XVII 98 CHAPTER XVIII 104 CHAPTER XIX 110 CHAPTER XX 113 CHAPTER XXI 118 CHAPTER XXII 123 CHAPTER XXIII 130 CHAPTER XXIV 134 CHAPTER XXV 139 CHAPTER XXVI 144 CHAPTER XXVII 147 CHAPTER XXVIII 152 CHAPTER XXIX 156 CHAPTER XXX 160 CHAPTER XXXI 165 CHAPTER XXXII 169 CHAPTER XXXIII 173 CHAPTER XXXIV 176 CHAPTER XXXV 182 CHAPTER XXXVI 187 CHAPTER XXXVII 192 CHAPTER XXXVIII 196 CHAPTER XXXIX 201 CHAPTER XL 206 CHAPTER XLI 211 CHAPTER XLII 216 CHAPTER XLIII 220 CHAPTER XLIV 224 CHAPTER XLV 229 CHAPTER XLVI 234 CHAPTER XLVII 237 CHAPTER XLVIII 241 CHAPTER XLIX 247 CHAPTER L 251 CHAPTER LI 254 CHAPTER LII 259 CHAPTER LIII 265 CHAPTER LIV 268 CHAPTER LV 273 CHAPTER LVI 279 CHAPTER LVII 285 CHAPTER LVIII 290 CHAPTER LIX 294 CHAPTER LX 299 CHAPTER LXI 305 CHAPTER LXII 310 CHAPTER LXIII 314 CHAPTER LXIV 319 CHAPTER LXV 322 CHAPTER LXVI 327 CHAPTER LXVII 333 CHAPTER LXVIII 338 CHAPTER LXIX 344 CHAPTER LXX 349 CHAPTER LXXI 355 CHAPTER LXXII 362 CHAPTER LXXIII 259 CHAPTER LXXIV 378 CHAPTER LXXV 387 CHAPTER LXXVI 394 CHAPTER LXXVII 400 CHAPTER LXXVIII 408 CHAPTER LXXIX 414 Prefatory Note In the _Metropolitan Magazine_, where this novel originally appeared (Sep. 1834-Jan. 1836), Marryat prepared his readers for its reception in the following words:--