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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Page 20
... further north , thus bringing the prospect of an absence of several days . The weather was beautifully fine when we got under way , with scarcely sufficient wind to enable us to steer . At length , we got to our fishing ground , and the ...
... further north , thus bringing the prospect of an absence of several days . The weather was beautifully fine when we got under way , with scarcely sufficient wind to enable us to steer . At length , we got to our fishing ground , and the ...
Page 33
... further away from all that I cherish most on earth . I had dropped into a short slumber , in which dreams , jumbled up together in the wildest confusion , floated through my brain . I am at home again - and a little child ; it is Easter ...
... further away from all that I cherish most on earth . I had dropped into a short slumber , in which dreams , jumbled up together in the wildest confusion , floated through my brain . I am at home again - and a little child ; it is Easter ...
Page 47
... further and fare worse , I declined his offer , being pledged to Serge . The most forward train , and therefore the most likely to start first , was that belonging to the person whom I had observed standing in the verandah on the ...
... further and fare worse , I declined his offer , being pledged to Serge . The most forward train , and therefore the most likely to start first , was that belonging to the person whom I had observed standing in the verandah on the ...
Page 60
... further . I approached the poor animal to fire a final shot , and thus terminate its pain , but in whatever direction I advanced towards it , it invariably turned its shaggy brow , thus offering me no vital point to shoot at . Again and ...
... further . I approached the poor animal to fire a final shot , and thus terminate its pain , but in whatever direction I advanced towards it , it invariably turned its shaggy brow , thus offering me no vital point to shoot at . Again and ...
Page 63
... further . But there was one man who , during the whole night , had distinguished himself by the fearful oaths to which he gave utterance on the most trivial occasions . In appearance he was short , stout , round - headed ACROSS THE ...
... further . But there was one man who , during the whole night , had distinguished himself by the fearful oaths to which he gave utterance on the most trivial occasions . In appearance he was short , stout , round - headed ACROSS THE ...
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