THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND

COUNT FATHOM

by Tobias Smollett

COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS

PART II.

With the Author's Preface, and an Introduction by G. H. Maynadier, Ph.D.Department of English, Harvard University.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

XXXIX     Our Adventurer is made acquainted with a new Scene of Life

XL     He contemplates Majesty and its Satellites in Eclipse

XLI     One Quarrel is compromised, and another decided by unusual Arms

XLII     An unexpected Rencontre, and a happy Revolution in the Affairs of our Adventurer

XLIII     Fathom justifies the Proverb, "What's bred in the Bone will never come out of the Flesh"

XLIV     Anecdotes of Poverty, and Experiments for the Benefit of those whom it may concern

XLV     Renaldo's Distress deepens, and Fathom's Plot thickens

XLVI     Our Adventurer becomes absolute in his Power over the Passions of his Friend, and effects one half of his Aim

XLVII     The Art of Borrowing further explained, and an Account of a Strange Phenomenon

XLVIII     Count Fathom unmasks his Battery; is repulsed; and varies his Operations without effect

XLIX     Monimia's Honour is protected by the Interposition of Heaven

L     Fathom shifts the Scene, and appears in a new Character

LI     Triumphs over a Medical Rival

LII     Repairs to the Metropolis, and enrols himself among the Sons of Paean

LIII     Acquires Employment in consequence of a lucky Miscarriage

LIV     His Eclipse, and gradual Declination

LV     After divers unsuccessful Efforts, he has recourse to the Matrimonial Noose

LVI     In which his Fortune is effectually strangled

LVII     Fathom being safely housed, the Reader is entertained with a Retrospect

LVIII     Renaldo abridges the Proceedings at Law, and approves himself the Son of his Father

LIX     ...