THE VOYAGE OF MAILDUN
AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADVENTURES OP MAILDUN AND HIS CREW, AND OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY SAW DURING THEIR VOYAGE OF THREE YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS, IN THEIR CURRAGH, ON THE WESTERN SEA
CHAPTER I: MAILDUN'S CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH. HE BEGINS HIS VOYAGE IN QUEST OF THE PLUNDERERS WHO SLEW HIS FATHER
THERE was once an illustrious man of the tribe of Owenaght of Ninus, Allil Ocar Aga by name, a go...
CHAPTER II: THE FIRST ISLAND. TIDINGS OF THE PLUNDERERS
THEY sailed that day and night, as well as the whole of next day, till darkness came on again ; a...
CHAPTER III: THE ISLAND OF THE MONSTROUS ANTS
FOR three days and three nights they saw no land. On the morning of the fourth day, while it was ...
CHAPTER IV: THE TERRACED ISLE OF BIRDS
AGAIN for three days and three nights they saw no land. But on the morning of the fourth day they...
CHAPTER V: A MONSTER
THEY sailed from this, and on the fourth day discovered a large, sandy island, on which, when the...
CHAPTER VI: THE DEMON HORSE-RACE
AFTER sailing a long distance, they came in view of a broad, flat island. It fell to the lot of G...
CHAPTER VII: THE PALACE OF SOLITUDE
THEY suffered much from hunger and thirst this time, for they sailed a whole week without making ...
CHAPTER VIII: THE ISLAND OF THE WONDERFUL APPLE TREE
AFTER leaving this, they suffered again from hunger, till they came to an island with a high hill...
CHAPTER IX: THE ISLAND OF BLOODTHIRSTY QUADRUPEDS
A BEAUTIFUL island next came in view, in which they saw, at a distance, multitudes of large anima...
CHAPTER X: AN EXTRAORDINARY MONSTER
THE next island had a wall all round it. When they came near the shore, an animal of vast size, w...
CHAPTER XI: THE ISLE OF RED-HOT ANIMALS
NOT daring to land on this island, they turned away hurriedly, much disheartened, not knowing whi...
CHAPTER XII: THE PALACE OF THE LITTLE CAT
AFTER rowing for a long time, their store of apples failed them, and they had nothing to eat or d...
CHAPTER XIII: AN ISLAND THAT DYED BLACK AND WHITE
ON the morning of the third day, they came to another island, which was divided into two parts by...
CHAPTER XIV: THE ISLAND OF THE BURNING RIVER
ON the third day, they came in view of a large, broad island, on which they saw a herd of gracefu...
CHAPTER XV: THE MILLER OF HELL
THE next island they came to, which was not far off from the last, had a large mill on it; and ne...
CHAPTER XVI: THE ISLE OF WEEPING
AFTER leaving this, they had not been long sailing when they discovered another large island, wit...
CHAPTER XVII: THE ISLE OF THE FOUR PRECIOUS WALLS
THE next was a high island, divided into four parts by four walls meeting in the centre. The firs...
CHAPTER XVIII: THE PALACE OF THE CRYSTAL BRIDGE
THEY came now to a small island, with a palace on it, having a copper chain in front, hung all ov...
CHAPTER XIX: THE ISLE OF SPEAKING BIRDS
ONE night, soon after leaving this, they heard in the distance, towards the north-east, a confuse...
CHAPTER XX: THE AGED HERMIT, AND THE HUMAN SOULS
AT a little distance from this they found another small island, with many trees on it, some stand...
CHAPTER XXI: THE ISLAND OF THE BIG BLACKSMITHS
WHEN they had been for a long time tossed about on the waters, they saw land in the distance. On ...
CHAPTER XXII: THE CRYSTAL SEA
AFTER a time, they came to a sea like green crystal. It was so calm and transparent that they cou...
CHAPTER XXIII: A LOVELY COUNTRY BENEATH THE WAVES
AFTER leaving this they entered on another sea, which seemed like a clear, thin cloud; and it was...
CHAPTER XXIV: AN ISLAND GUARDED BY A WALL OF WATER
WHEN they came to the next island, they observed with astonishment that the sea rose up over it o...
CHAPTER XXV: A WATER-ARCH IN THE AIR
ON the next island they saw a very wonderful thing, namely, a great stream of water which, gushin...
CHAPTER XXVI: THE SILVER PILLAR OF THE SEA
THE next thing they found after this was an immense silver pillar standing in the sea. It had eig...
CHAPTER XXVII: AN ISLAND STANDING ON ONE PILLAR
THE island they saw after this was named Encos; and it was so called because it was supported by ...
CHAPTER XXVIII: THE ISLAND QUEEN DETAINS THEM WITH HER MAGIC THREAD-CLEW.
THE next island they reached was very large. On one side rose a lofty, smooth, heath-clad mountai...
CHAPTER XXIX: THE ISLE OF INTOXICATING WINE-FRUITS
THEY were now a long time tossed about on the great billows, when at length they came in view of ...
CHAPTER XXX: THE ISLE OF THE MYSTIC LAKE
THE island they came to next was larger than most of those they had seen. On one side grew a wood...
CHAPTER XXXI: THE ISLE OF LAUGHING
THEY next came to an island with a great plain extending over its whole surface. They saw a vast ...
CHAPTER XXXII: THE ISLE OF THE BLEST
THEY came now to a small island with a high wall of fire all round it, and there was a large open...
CHAPTER XXXIII: THE HERMIT OF THE SEA-ROCK
A LITTLE time after leaving this, they saw something a long way off towards the south, which at f...
CHAPTER XXXIV: SIGNS OF HOME
SOON after they saw a beautiful verdant island, with herds of oxen, cows, and sheep browsing all ...
CHAPTER XXXV: MAILDUN MEETS HIS ENEMY, AND ARRIVES HOME
ON a near approach, they found it was a small island; and now they recognised it as the very same...