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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... turn to Key West ....... CHAPTER XII . 102 The Character of the Sailor - Landing Wild Cattle - The Mad Bull- The Captain's intention to Sail ... CHAPTER XIII . 112 The effect of a Gale upon the Color of the Water about the Reef - The ...
... turn to Key West ....... CHAPTER XII . 102 The Character of the Sailor - Landing Wild Cattle - The Mad Bull- The Captain's intention to Sail ... CHAPTER XIII . 112 The effect of a Gale upon the Color of the Water about the Reef - The ...
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... Turning Turtles 293 CHAPTER XXXV . The Miami - The Everglades - The Deer - Hunt - The Siesta - The Fight 305 with Panthers - Indians prowling in the Forest ............. CHAPTER XXXVI . The Return to the Forest - The Surprise by Indians ...
... Turning Turtles 293 CHAPTER XXXV . The Miami - The Everglades - The Deer - Hunt - The Siesta - The Fight 305 with Panthers - Indians prowling in the Forest ............. CHAPTER XXXVI . The Return to the Forest - The Surprise by Indians ...
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... turn now to be disappointed , and the rest of our holiday passed uncomfortably enough . I had not a thought that was not loving and filial , or else I would not have been so sad . Late in the afternoon we returned to the city . My ...
... turn now to be disappointed , and the rest of our holiday passed uncomfortably enough . I had not a thought that was not loving and filial , or else I would not have been so sad . Late in the afternoon we returned to the city . My ...
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... , as the schooner was to sail early in the morning , so as to take ad- vantage of the first of the ebb , for the tide would turn to run out about daylight . I an- swered that I would wait , and seated myself on OR FRED RANSOM . 21.
... , as the schooner was to sail early in the morning , so as to take ad- vantage of the first of the ebb , for the tide would turn to run out about daylight . I an- swered that I would wait , and seated myself on OR FRED RANSOM . 21.
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... fair , there was . scarcely any thing to be done from morning till evening , except to wash the decks down at daylight , and to take an occasional turn at the wheel . We had so much leisure , that at last even OR FRED RANSOM . 33.
... fair , there was . scarcely any thing to be done from morning till evening , except to wash the decks down at daylight , and to take an occasional turn at the wheel . We had so much leisure , that at last even OR FRED RANSOM . 33.
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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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