# A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille.

- [The Finding of the Copper Cylinder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/i-the-finding-of-the-copper-cylinder.md): In February 1850, the yacht Falcon, owned by Lord Featherstone, is becalmed between the Canaries and Madeira. To pass the time, Melick organizes a paper boat regatta with bets. The race's goal is a dark, circular object 
- [II: Adrift in the Antarctic Ocean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/ii-adrift-in-the-antarctic-ocean.md): Adam More introduces himself and recounts the voyage of the Trevelyan, which, after delivering convicts to Van Diemen's Land, encounters adverse winds and drifts southward. He and Agnew go ashore to hunt seals, but a sud
- [III: A World of Fire and Desolation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/iii-a-world-of-fire-and-desolation.md): The narrator and Agnew drift through a volcanic channel, land on a desolate lava shore, and discover the corpse of a European sailor. They find a letter from his wife, Polley Reed, and give him a Christian burial. The ch
- [IV: The Sight of Human Beings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/iv-the-sight-of-human-beings.md): The narrator and Agnew encounter a group of hostile, mummy-like natives in a desolate, iron-bound land. Despite Agnew's willingness to trust them, the narrator is wary. The natives entice Agnew away, and after hearing gu
- [V: The Torrent Sweeping Under the Mountains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/v-the-torrent-sweeping-under-the-mountains.md): The narrator drifts helplessly through a narrowing, rocky channel, swept by a swift current into a vast subterranean cavern. In utter darkness, he contemplates death and recalls theories of polar openings and a hollow Ea

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- [VI: The New World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/vi-the-new-world.md)
- [VII: Scientific Theories and Scepticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/vii-scientific-theories-and-scepticism.md)
- [VIII: The Cave-Dwellers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/viii-the-cave-dwellers.md)
- [IX: The Cavern of the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/ix-the-cavern-of-the-dead.md)
- [X: The Sacred Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/x-the-sacred-hunt.md)
- [XI: The Swamp Monster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xi-the-swamp-monster.md)
- [XII: The Baleful Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xii-the-baleful-sacrifice.md)
- [XIII: The Awful Mista Kosek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xiii-the-awful-mista-kosek.md)
- [XIV: I Learn My Doom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xiv-i-learn-my-doom.md)
- [The Kohen Is Inexorable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xv-the-kohen-is-inexorable.md)
- [XVI: The Kosekin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xvi-the-kosekin.md)
- [Belief and Unbelief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xvii-belief-and-unbelief.md)
- [XVIII: A Voyage Over the Pole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xviii-a-voyage-over-the-pole.md)
- [XIX: The Wonders of the Amir](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xix-the-wonders-of-the-amir.md)
- [XX: The Dark Maiden Layelah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xx-the-dark-maiden-layelah.md)
- [XXI: The Flying Monster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxi-the-flying-monster.md)
- [Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxii-escape.md)
- [XXIII: The Island of Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxiii-the-island-of-fire.md)
- [XXIV: Recapture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxiv-recapture.md)
- [Falling, Like Icarus, Into the Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxv-falling-like-icarus-into-the-sea.md)
- [XXVI: Grimm’s Law Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxvi-grimm-s-law-again.md)
- [XXVII: Oxenden Preaches a Sermon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxvii-oxenden-preaches-a-sermon.md)
- [XXVIII: In Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxviii-in-prison.md)
- [XXIX: The Ceremony of Separation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxix-the-ceremony-of-separation.md)
- [XXX: The Day of Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxx-the-day-of-sacrifice.md)
- [XXXI: Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_strange_manuscript_found_in_a_copper_cylinder_se/chapters/xxxi-conclusion.md)

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