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Twice Lost
*Twice Lost* by W. H. G. Kingston A naval adventure spanning multiple continents and crises. The narrator joins the *Heroine* sloop-of-war as a midshipman, pursuing a Spanish pirate off Cape Coast Castle; following a battle and capture, the ship proceeds to the Pacific. Near Patagonia, the crew rescues a castaway named Harry. After encountering a volcanic island, the ship becomes shipwrecked. The narrator and fellow officers, including Mudge and Harry, survive on the island, construct supplies, and escape enslavement by natives. Rescued by the *Violet*, they later wreck on the Australian coast. The survivors—including the narrator's father and sister Edith—attempt repairs, encounter bushrangers and aboriginal Australians (including the character Pullingo), and endure storms. Eventually rescued by a shepherd, the narrator's party reaches Captain Hudson's station. The narrative concludes with the narrator's father settling nearby as a prosperous colonist while the narrator and Mudge leave naval service.