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_Title:_ Swallows and Amazons
_Date of first publication:_ 1930
_Author:_ Arthur Ransome (1884-1967)
_Date first posted:_ Jan. 5, 2018
_Date last updated:_ Jan. 5, 2018
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SWALLOWS & AMAZONS

Also by Arthur Ransome

SWALLOWDALE
PETER DUCK
WINTER HOLIDAY
COOT CLUB
PIGEON POST
WE DIDN’T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
SECRET WATER
THE BIG SIX
MISSEE LEE
THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
GREAT NORTHERN?
RACUNDRA’S FIRST CRUISE
ROD AND LINE (FISHING ESSAYS)
OLD PETER’S RUSSIAN TALES

[Illustration: DESPATCHES]

[Illustration]

SWALLOWS & AMAZONS

ARTHUR RANSOME

SWALLOWS·AND·AMAZONS·FOR·EVER

Illustrated by the Author
with help from Miss Nancy Blackett

JONATHAN CAPE
THIRTY BEDFORD SQUARE
LONDON

FIRST PUBLISHED AUGUST 1930
NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION 1931
SECOND IMPRESSION AUGUST 1932
THIRD IMPRESSION DECEMBER 1932
FOURTH IMPRESSION SEPTEMBER 1933
FIFTH IMPRESSION DECEMBER 1933
SIXTH IMPRESSION SEPTEMBER 1934
SEVENTH IMPRESSION DECEMBER 1934
EIGHTH IMPRESSION NOVEMBER 1935
NINTH IMPRESSION AUGUST 1936
TENTH IMPRESSION DECEMBER 1936
ELEVENTH IMPRESSION MAY 1937
TWELFTH IMPRESSION DECEMBER 1937
THIRTEENTH IMPRESSION OCTOBER 1938
FOURTEENTH IMPRESSION JUNE 1939
FIFTEENTH IMPRESSION MAY 1940
SIXTEENTH IMPRESSION MAY 1942
SEVENTEENTH IMPRESSION SEPTEMBER 1942
EIGHTEENTH IMPRESSION MARCH 1943
NINETEENTH IMPRESSION OCTOBER 1943
TWENTIETH IMPRESSION JANUARY 1944
TWENTY-FIRST IMPRESSION SEPTEMBER 1944
TWENTY-SECOND IMPRESSION DECEMBER 1945
TWENTY-THIRD IMPRESSION FEBRUARY 1946
TWENTY-FOURTH IMPRESSION OCTOBER 1947
TWENTY-FIFTH IMPRESSION OCTOBER 1948

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY J. AND J. GRAY, EDINBURGH
BOUND BY A. W. BAIN AND CO. LTD., LONDON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE PEAK IN DARIEN 15
II. MAKING READY 25
III. THE VOYAGE TO THE ISLAND 35
IV. THE HIDDEN HARBOUR 47
V. FIRST NIGHT ON THE ISLAND 58
VI. ISLAND LIFE 68
VII. MORE ISLAND LIFE 81
VIII. SKULL AND CROSS-BONES 91
IX. THE ARROW WITH THE GREEN FEATHER 104
X. THE PARLEY 113
XI. IN ALLIANCE 123
XII. LEADING LIGHTS 136
XIII. THE CHARCOAL-BURNERS 143
XIV. THE LETTER FROM CAPTAIN FLINT 157
XV. CAPTAIN JOHN VISITS CAPTAIN FLINT 168
XVI. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY 178
XVII. A FAIR WIND 188
XVIII. ROBINSON CRUSOE AND MAN FRIDAY 199
XIX. THE AMAZON RIVER 209
XX. TITTY ALONE 219
XXI. SWALLOWS IN THE DARK 231
XXII. THE WHITE FLAG 246
XXIII. TAKING BREATH 259
XXIV. GRAVE NEWS FROM HOUSEBOAT BAY 273
XXV. CAPTAIN FLINT GETS THE BLACK SPOT 285
XXVI. HE MAKES PEACE AND DECLARES WAR 289
XXVII. THE BATTLE IN HOUSEBOAT BAY 305
XXVIII. THE TREASURE ON CORMORANT ISLAND 323
XXIX. TWO SORTS OF FISH 334
XXX. THE STORM 348
XXXI. THE SAILORS’ RETURN 360

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

DESPATCHES _Frontispiece_
PAGE
MAKING SHIP’S PAPERS 23
THE START OF THE VOYAGE 37
FEELING THEIR WAY IN 53
THE CAMP FIRE 71
PEARL DIVING 83
“IT’S A SHARK!” 87
ROGER ON GUARD 101
UNSEEN ENEMY 109
CARRYING UP THE PUNCHEON 125
LEADING LIGHTS 139
THE SERPENT 151
LOADING FIREWOOD 163
CAPTAIN JOHN BACKWATERED 175
THE LIGHTHOUSE TREE 193
THE ENEMY’S BOATHOUSE 215
NIGHT SAILING 237
“DO YOU SURRENDER?” 251
“GO IT, NANCY!” 293
THERE WAS A BANG 309
CAPTAIN FLINT WALKS THE PLANK 315
“WE’VE FOUND IT!” 331
WIND, RAIN AND LIGHTNING 355
FAREWELL! 373