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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Page 79
... rowed more than as many yards , before the boat passed the slender line of Keys which en- closed the bay , and we found ourselves in the land - locked waters which I have described . With the exception of the channels which tra- versed ...
... rowed more than as many yards , before the boat passed the slender line of Keys which en- closed the bay , and we found ourselves in the land - locked waters which I have described . With the exception of the channels which tra- versed ...
Page 162
... rowed three or four yards before I could distinguish the fish as it lay in the water under the overhanging boughs of man- groves . It was perfectly still , except the movement of its fins and tail , and lay just within the shadow of a ...
... rowed three or four yards before I could distinguish the fish as it lay in the water under the overhanging boughs of man- groves . It was perfectly still , except the movement of its fins and tail , and lay just within the shadow of a ...
Page 188
... rowed a mile , when Deal said : " I see something ahead , but I can't make out yet what it is . " I strained my eyes in vain . I could not even see any thing . I still needed the practised eye which enabled . Deal to see an object long ...
... rowed a mile , when Deal said : " I see something ahead , but I can't make out yet what it is . " I strained my eyes in vain . I could not even see any thing . I still needed the practised eye which enabled . Deal to see an object long ...
Page 205
... rowed half - way back to the schooner . The water is more luminous to - night than I ever saw it . When the oar - blades dipped into it , it looked as if a scum had been broken through , and showed below a lake of molten gold . On each ...
... rowed half - way back to the schooner . The water is more luminous to - night than I ever saw it . When the oar - blades dipped into it , it looked as if a scum had been broken through , and showed below a lake of molten gold . On each ...
Page 224
... rowed off to the vessel . I'd be afeard to say how long the head lived afterwards . And that's a true story , every bit of it , for I see the thing myself , with my own eyes . " " It's your turn now , Brady , " said Deal . " I think ye ...
... rowed off to the vessel . I'd be afeard to say how long the head lived afterwards . And that's a true story , every bit of it , for I see the thing myself , with my own eyes . " " It's your turn now , Brady , " said Deal . " I think ye ...
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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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