Travel, War, and ShipwreckAlso published in the "Boy's Own Favourite Series", this is a nineteenth-century adventure story for boys, based on the author's own experiences as a world traveller. It includes gripping scenes such as an account of crossing the Santa Fe Trail and fights with "Red Skins" in America. The first-person narrative purports to be by the son of a naval lieutenant. |
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... doubt , if not without interruption . They had a standing rule of having always the same food on the same days : thus if the days were long enough to extend their walk after din- ner till they should meet , the salutation would ...
... doubt , if not without interruption . They had a standing rule of having always the same food on the same days : thus if the days were long enough to extend their walk after din- ner till they should meet , the salutation would ...
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... doubt that there was in these waters a small fore and aft schooner - rigged privateer , which had lately been playing the very mischief with our commerce along the coast of New Brunswick , and as the weather was thick and calm I had ...
... doubt that there was in these waters a small fore and aft schooner - rigged privateer , which had lately been playing the very mischief with our commerce along the coast of New Brunswick , and as the weather was thick and calm I had ...
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... doubt in the hearts of either of us that we are pursued by Wolves ! " How long before we are safe ? " I ask . " Two miles more , " is the response , and the driver's thong curls round the flanks of the panting horses . " Haste then , in ...
... doubt in the hearts of either of us that we are pursued by Wolves ! " How long before we are safe ? " I ask . " Two miles more , " is the response , and the driver's thong curls round the flanks of the panting horses . " Haste then , in ...
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... doubt it is at least to some extent true , that an Indian would at any time prefer death to im- prisonment , and that when it is necessary to incarcerate them , the confinement , if prolonged for more than two or three weeks , commonly ...
... doubt it is at least to some extent true , that an Indian would at any time prefer death to im- prisonment , and that when it is necessary to incarcerate them , the confinement , if prolonged for more than two or three weeks , commonly ...
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... doubt that this was a vidette thrown out by a large force of Indians . As evening advanced , and as we approached suffi- ciently near to distinguish the mounted sentinel with the naked eye , he withdrew behind the knoll on which he was ...
... doubt that this was a vidette thrown out by a large force of Indians . As evening advanced , and as we approached suffi- ciently near to distinguish the mounted sentinel with the naked eye , he withdrew behind the knoll on which he was ...
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