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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... leave to go Ashore - The Quays , Fish - Market , Havana Lottery , Volantes , the Corso , Tomb of Columbus , Captain- General of Cuba ......... CHAPTER VII . ........ 58 The Flying Cloud sails from Havana - The Vessel - The Crew - The ...
... leave to go Ashore - The Quays , Fish - Market , Havana Lottery , Volantes , the Corso , Tomb of Columbus , Captain- General of Cuba ......... CHAPTER VII . ........ 58 The Flying Cloud sails from Havana - The Vessel - The Crew - The ...
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... leave such a city as New York , where there were lots of fun going on all the time . He only wished that he could change with me , and that then we would both be suited , for he would give me his place , and welcome . " Where was the ...
... leave such a city as New York , where there were lots of fun going on all the time . He only wished that he could change with me , and that then we would both be suited , for he would give me his place , and welcome . " Where was the ...
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... leave , in anticipation of sailing in the morning . It happened that the captain and his son , when on their return , came across the sailors , who were engaged in carousing , and making a disturbance in one of the streets ad- jacent to ...
... leave , in anticipation of sailing in the morning . It happened that the captain and his son , when on their return , came across the sailors , who were engaged in carousing , and making a disturbance in one of the streets ad- jacent to ...
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... leaves the Gulf of Mexico , and after running parallel with the coast of the United States for some distance , gradually recedes from it until near Cape Cod , where it is deflected in the di- rection of Ireland . The weather was so ...
... leaves the Gulf of Mexico , and after running parallel with the coast of the United States for some distance , gradually recedes from it until near Cape Cod , where it is deflected in the di- rection of Ireland . The weather was so ...
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... of your trouble . I did n't intend to stay very long in this port , but I'll settle your affairs before I sail , or else I'll never leave it . I'm bound for that wrecker now . You wait here . I can get along 50 THE YOUNG WRECKER ,
... of your trouble . I did n't intend to stay very long in this port , but I'll settle your affairs before I sail , or else I'll never leave it . I'm bound for that wrecker now . You wait here . I can get along 50 THE YOUNG WRECKER ,
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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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