The Young Wrecker of the Florida Reef: Or, The Trials and Adventures of Fred RansomJames S. Claxton, successor to Wm. S. & Alfred Martien, no. 606 Chestnut Street, 1866 - 381 pages |
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... ........... CHAPTER XX . 166 The Men are sent Ashore again - They Resume the Wooding of the Schooner - Hannibal provides them with a Treat for Supper ....... 174 CHAPTER XXI . The Men go Turtling - They meet vi CONTENTS .
... ........... CHAPTER XX . 166 The Men are sent Ashore again - They Resume the Wooding of the Schooner - Hannibal provides them with a Treat for Supper ....... 174 CHAPTER XXI . The Men go Turtling - They meet vi CONTENTS .
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... Hannibal . A most important personage every- where is a cook , white or black , and in no place more important than on board ship . Even in the worst pro - slavery times , I never saw a black sea - cook that was not thought to have ...
... Hannibal . A most important personage every- where is a cook , white or black , and in no place more important than on board ship . Even in the worst pro - slavery times , I never saw a black sea - cook that was not thought to have ...
Page 137
... Hannibal , suggested to me , that it would be a good plan to troll for some fish , so I got out my tackle , with which I had provided myself at Key West , procured a chunk of pork at the galley , baited one of my biggest hooks , and let ...
... Hannibal , suggested to me , that it would be a good plan to troll for some fish , so I got out my tackle , with which I had provided myself at Key West , procured a chunk of pork at the galley , baited one of my biggest hooks , and let ...
Page 138
... Hannibal you help him . " Hannibal and I hauled away as directed , and soon got the fish on deck . It was a splendid king - fish , a species of pike quite numerous in the waters of the Reef . " take ' There , Hannibal , " said the ...
... Hannibal you help him . " Hannibal and I hauled away as directed , and soon got the fish on deck . It was a splendid king - fish , a species of pike quite numerous in the waters of the Reef . " take ' There , Hannibal , " said the ...
Page 157
... Hannibal says they was n't fixed right , because the rank part's the skin , and it ought to be took off ; so I promised I'd fetch him one some time , and let him show what kind of a fist he'd make at cooking of it . " The sound of the ...
... Hannibal says they was n't fixed right , because the rank part's the skin , and it ought to be took off ; so I promised I'd fetch him one some time , and let him show what kind of a fist he'd make at cooking of it . " The sound of the ...
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