Produced by D. Alexander, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) ROLLO ON THE ATLANTIC. BY JACOB ABBOTT. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY TAGGARD AND THOMPSON M DCCC LXIV. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by JACOB ABBOTT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON. [Illustration: THE STATE ROOM.--See p. 77.] [Illustration] PREFACE. In the series of narratives to which this volume pertains, we offer to the readers of the Rollo Books a continuation of the history of our little hero, by giving them an account of the adventures which such a boy may be supposed to meet with in making a tour in Europe. The books are intended to be books of instruction rather than of mere amusement; and in perusing them, the reader may feel assured that all the information which they contain, not only in respect to the countries visited, and to the customs, usages, and modes of life that are described, but also in regard to the general character of the incidents and adventures that the young travellers meet with, is in most strict accordance with fact. The main design of the narratives is, thus, the communication of useful knowledge; and every thing which they contain, except what is strictly personal, in relation to the actors in the story, may be depended upon as exactly and scrupulously true. New York, _September, 1853_. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.--TAKING PASSAGE 11 II.--THE EMBARKATION 28 III.--DEPARTURE 47 IV.--GETTING SETTLED 62 V.--ON DECK 77 VI.--A CONVERSATION 91 VII.--INCIDENTS 109 VIII.--THE STORM 131 IX.--THE PASSENGERS' LOTTERY 154 X.--THE END OF THE LOTTERY 179 XI.--THE ARRIVAL 192 ENGRAVINGS. FRONTISPIECE. PAGE THE STEAMER AT THE WHARF 10 THE PIER 24 THE RESCUE 44 THE PILOT ON THE PADDLE BOX 54