# Kéraban the Inflexible (Part 1)

No. 24 of the Voyages extraordinaires series. Illustrated by Léon Benett
He dragged him, half-suffocated, beyond the influence of the vapours. [Frontispiece.
KÉRABAN THE INFLEXIBLE
(PART I.)
THE
CAPTAIN OF THE GUIDARA
BY
JULES VERNE
AUTHOR OF "FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON," "ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS," ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
London
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET
1887
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LONDON: GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED, ST. JOHN'S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL ROAD, E.C.
CONTENTS.
* CHAPTER I.
* PAGE
* How Van Mitten and his valet walked and talked ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
* CHAPTER II.
* How Scarpante the steward and Captain Yarhud discussed projects with which the reader must become acquainted................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
* CHAPTER III.
* How Kéraban met Van Mitten, and was greatly surprised at his appearance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30
* CHAPTER IV.
* Showing how Seigneur Kéraban, more headstrong than ever, came into collision with the Turkish authorities................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* CHAPTER V.
* How Seigneur Kéraban discussed his journey, and how he quitted Constantinople................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
* CHAPTER VI.
* Showing how the travellers encountered some difficulties, chiefly in the delta of the Danube................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
* CHAPTER VII.
* In which the horses of the chaise do from fear what they would not do for the whip................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
* CHAPTER VIII.
* In which the reader will be pleased to become acquainted with the fair Amasia, and her intended husband, Ahmet................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76
* CHAPTER IX.
* Showing how Captain Yarhud very nearly succeeded in his enterprise................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
* CHAPTER X.
* In which Ahmet, in deference to circumstances, makes an energetic resolution................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
* CHAPTER XI.
* In which a somewhat dramatic incident occurs in the fantastic history of the journey................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
* CHAPTER XII.
* In which Van Mitten discourses on tulips for, we trust, the benefit of the reader................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................110
* CHAPTER XIII.
* Showing how our travellers crossed the ancient Taurida, and with what team they quitted it................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................121
* CHAPTER XIV.
* In which Kéraban proves that he is stronger in geography than his nephew Ahmet believed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................132
* CHAPTER XV.
* In which Kéraban, Ahmet, Van Mitten, and their servants play the part of Salamanders................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................142
* CHAPTER XVI.
* In which the relative merits of the tobaccos of Persia and Asia Minor are discussed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................153
* CHAPTER XVII.
* Wherein is related a very curious adventure, which terminates the first part of this history................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................164.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
* He dragged him, half-suffocated, beyond the influence of the vapours................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Frontispiece.
* "Are you certain of your crew?"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
* The tremendously steep slopes and awkward corners................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................59
* It was a regular rain of bulbs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118
* The immense illumination quite filled the plain................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148
* Kéraban walked up to the chief cavalier, and put his hand on the horse's bridle................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................172
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