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 vii
... Turtles - What Switchel is - A Garden on the Bottom of the Sea ....... 179 CHAPTER XXII . The Flying Cloud rides out a Gale - A Disaster on the Reef - The Flying Cloud arrives the Day after the Fair ....... CHAPTER XXIII . 193 Fred ...
... Turtles - What Switchel is - A Garden on the Bottom of the Sea ....... 179 CHAPTER XXII . The Flying Cloud rides out a Gale - A Disaster on the Reef - The Flying Cloud arrives the Day after the Fair ....... CHAPTER XXIII . 193 Fred ...
Page viii
... Turtle's Nest - Habits of the Turtle - 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 ...
... Turtle's Nest - Habits of the Turtle - 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 ...
Page 98
... turtle abounded on the Reef , from whence Key West received a surfeit . The most remarkable edifices in Key West were the lat- teen towers - tall , airy - looking structures of wood , from whose dizzy heights the Reef could be seen for ...
... turtle abounded on the Reef , from whence Key West received a surfeit . The most remarkable edifices in Key West were the lat- teen towers - tall , airy - looking structures of wood , from whose dizzy heights the Reef could be seen for ...
Page 124
... sea . Ordinarily , the The name formerly used for turtle was tortoise , and the word Tortugas is derived from the Spanish word for tortoise - tortuga . water of the channel between the Keys and Reef is 124 THE YOUNG WRECKER ,
... sea . Ordinarily , the The name formerly used for turtle was tortoise , and the word Tortugas is derived from the Spanish word for tortoise - tortuga . water of the channel between the Keys and Reef is 124 THE YOUNG WRECKER ,
Page 143
... turtle , and such like . We can't hardly miss catching something , even when we ' re off , just for a spell , to cut wood for the schooner . Then a man can stand a precious lot of sleep , if he practises at it . But you ain't a - goin ...
... turtle , and such like . We can't hardly miss catching something , even when we ' re off , just for a spell , to cut wood for the schooner . Then a man can stand a precious lot of sleep , if he practises at it . But you ain't a - goin ...
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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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