[Illustration: cover art] OTHER BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AESOP'S FABLES ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES BLOSSOM. A FAIRY STORY BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES GULLIVER'S TRAVELS JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST THE ENCHANTED FOREST THE LITTLE FAIRY SISTER THE LITTLE GREEN ROAD TO FAIRYLAND THE WATER BABIES (KINGSLEY) PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQ., LONDON, W. THE SCOUTS OF SEAL ISLAND AGENTS _New York_ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY _Melbourne_ THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS _Toronto_ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA _Bombay Calcutta Madras_ MACMILLAN AND COMPANY, LTD. "They landed safely on the lee side of the stone pier."--_Page_ 132. THE SCOUTS OF SEAL ISLAND BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN AUTHOR OF "SEA SCOUTS OF THE PETREL'" "THE SEA MONARCH" ETC. _With eight Illustrations in Colour by_ ERNEST PRATER A. & C. BLACK, LTD. 4, 5 AND 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN _First Published in_ 1913 _This Edition published in_ 1922 _Reprinted in) 1922, 1923, 1925, 1930 CONTENTS CHAP. I. SIR SILAS DISAPPROVES II. DICK ATHERTON'S GOOD TURN III. THE PATROL LEADER'S DILEMMA IV. OFF TO SEAL ISLAND V. THE ARRIVAL VI. A SPOILT BREAKFAST VII. THE MYSTERIOUS FOOTPRINTS VIII. THE MISSING THOLE-PINS IX. AT THE LIGHTHOUSE X. THE WRECK XI. HOW CAME PAUL TASSH ON SEAL ISLAND? XII. THE BURGLARY XIII. FLIGHT XIV. PHILLIPS' DISCOVERY XV. THE EXPLORATION OF THE TUNNEL XVI. TRAPPED XVII. THE MYSTERIOUS YACHT XVIII. HOT ON THE TRAIL XIX. THE FIRST CAPTURE XX. A GOOD NIGHT'S WORK LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "THEY LANDED SAFELY ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE STONE PIER" _Frontispiece_ "LOOK HERE, YOUNG GENTLEMAN, CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT OCCURRED?" "HE SLIPPED OVER THE CLIFF AND WAS SLOWLY LOWERED" "QUITE EXHAUSTED, THE FIRST SURVIVOR WAS ASSISTED TO THE MOST SHELTERED POSITION ON THE LEDGE" "IN BROKEN-STEP FORM THE SCOUTS CARRIED THEIR COMRADE TOWARDS THE CAMP" "'IN THE NAME OF THUNDER, WHAT HAVE YOU SCOUTS BEEN UP TO?'" "THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THE WOLVES KEPT ON THE WATCH" "'HANDS UP INSTANTLY OR I'LL FIRE!' ORDERED MR. BUCKLEY STERNLY" THE SCOUTS OF SEAL ISLAND CHAPTER I SIR SILAS DISAPPROVES "LADS," exclaimed Scoutmaster Leslie Trematon, "I am sorry to announce a disappointment, but I trust you will receive the news like true Scouts and keep smiling."