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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... Doctor Cluzel ... CHAPTER XXXII . The Flying Cloud sails from Indian Key - She arrives at her old An- chorage - The Captain visits the Wreck - The Crew set to work to save the Iron about it ...... CHAPTER XXXIII . 281 George Bowers and ...
... Doctor Cluzel ... CHAPTER XXXII . The Flying Cloud sails from Indian Key - She arrives at her old An- chorage - The Captain visits the Wreck - The Crew set to work to save the Iron about it ...... CHAPTER XXXIII . 281 George Bowers and ...
Page 73
... doctor " deliber- ately burned the coffee , instead of its conditions being owing , as he states , to the men's calling him at an inopportune moment to lend a hand somewhere . Or , how can it be proved that the salty and nauseous flavor ...
... doctor " deliber- ately burned the coffee , instead of its conditions being owing , as he states , to the men's calling him at an inopportune moment to lend a hand somewhere . Or , how can it be proved that the salty and nauseous flavor ...
Page 170
... doctors did n't say positive . Put on your shirt , and we'll go right aboard and get some hartshorn from the captain's chest : that's the best thing for it . " 1 The men had all desisted from their work , and grouped around Brady . His ...
... doctors did n't say positive . Put on your shirt , and we'll go right aboard and get some hartshorn from the captain's chest : that's the best thing for it . " 1 The men had all desisted from their work , and grouped around Brady . His ...
Page 178
... plates . " " He's getting well , " observed Ruggles . " When a doctor prescribes for an Irishman , he need n't never examine any thing but his tongue . " CHAPTER XXI . AC- THE MEN GO TURTLING - THEY 178 THE YOUNG WRECKER ,
... plates . " " He's getting well , " observed Ruggles . " When a doctor prescribes for an Irishman , he need n't never examine any thing but his tongue . " CHAPTER XXI . AC- THE MEN GO TURTLING - THEY 178 THE YOUNG WRECKER ,
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... DOCTOR CLUZEL . T will not interest you to know the particulars of our stay in Key West , so I shall not dwell upon them . At first , our time was taken up in unloading the schooner , and in storing the goods in the warehouses in which ...
... DOCTOR CLUZEL . T will not interest you to know the particulars of our stay in Key West , so I shall not dwell upon them . At first , our time was taken up in unloading the schooner , and in storing the goods in the warehouses in which ...
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aboard anchor animal beach berth Bill Ruggles boat boys Brady breeze cabin canoe Captain Bowers channel CHAPTER Cluzel commenced Conch coral course crew dark deck distance doctor edge father felt fish Florida Florida Keys Flying Cloud FRED RANSOM friends George GEORGE BOWERS glance go ashore grains Gulf Stream gunwale hand Hannibal hauled Havana head heard helm hour Indian Key inlet Jack Key Biscayne Key West land Linden looked main-land mangroves miles minutes morning never night o'clock oars once panther party passed pull quarter-boats reached replied rowed sail sailors sand Sand Key scene schooner seemed shark shell ship ship's shore shouted side sight soon steered stood switchel tain there's thing thought took turn turtle vessel Virginia Key waves wharf wind wood wreck wrecker yards
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Page 74 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
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