Jack Manly; His Adventures by Sea and Land
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James Grant. Jack Manly; His Adventures by Sea and Land
Jack Manly; His Adventures by Sea and Land
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. WHY I WENT TO SEA
CHAPTER II. ADVENTURE IN A CASK
CHAPTER III. THE NARROWS OF ST. JOHN
CHAPTER IV. THE BRIG "LEDA."
CHAPTER V. KIDD THE PIRATE
CHAPTER VI. THE BLACK SCHOONER
CHAPTER VII. THE CHASE
CHAPTER VIII. OUR REVENGE SCHEMED
CHAPTER IX. OUR REVENGE EXECUTED
CHAPTER X. THE SEAL-FISHERS
CHAPTER XI. COMBAT WITH A SEA-HORSE
CHAPTER XII. ON AN ICEBERG
CHAPTER XIII. ON THE ICEBERG—THE MASSACRE AT HIERRO
CHAPTER XIV. ESCAPE FROM THE ICEBEBG
CHAPTER XV. UNDER WEIGH ONCE MORE
CHAPTER XVI. BESET WITHOUT HOPE
CHAPTER XVII. THE DEATH-SHIP
CHAPTER XVIII. LEAVES FROM THE LOG
CHAPTER XIX. THE GRAVES ON THE STARBOARD BOW
CHAPTER XX. ADRIFT ON THE DEAD FLOE
CHAPTER XXI. CAPE FAREWELL
CHAPTER XXII. THE MUSK-OX
CHAPTER XXIII. THE FOUR BEARS
CHAPTER XXIV. WOLMAR FYNBÖE
CHAPTER XXV. ADIEU TO THE REGION OF ICE
CHAPTER XXVI. A SHARK
CHAPTER XXVII. THE FATAL VOYAGE OF THE HEER VAN ESTELL
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FATAL VOYAGE—HOW THEY CAST LOTS
CHAPTER XXIX. ADVENTURE WITH A WHALE
CHAPTER XXX. LOSS OF THE "LEDA."
CHAPTER XXXI. THE CRY
CHAPTER XXXII. THE TWELFTH DAY
CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT FOLLOWED
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE SAILOR'S POST-OFFICE
CHAPTER XXXV. MS. LEGEND OF EL CABO DOS TORMENTOS
CHAPTER XXXVI. LEGEND CONTINUED—THE CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER XXXVII. LEGEND CONCLUDED—THE SEQUEL
CHAPTER XXXVIII. WE LAND IN AFRICA
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE KING OF THE SNAKE RIVER
CHAPTER XL. THE GABON CLIFF
CHAPTER XLI. HOW THE CAPTAIN PERISHED
CHAPTER XLII. AMOO
CHAPTER XLIII. THE RESCUE OF HIS CHILD
CHAPTER XLIV. THE GRATITUDE OF HIS WIFE
CHAPTER XLV. FLIGHT
CHAPTER XLVI. FLIGHT CONTINUED
CHAPTER XLVII. THE WOOD OF THE DEVIL
CHAPTER XLVIII. RETAKEN
CHAPTER XLIX. THE CARAVAN
CHAPTER L. WE REACH THE CAPITAL
CHAPTER LI. AN OLD FRIEND IN A NEW PLACE
CHAPTER LII. HARTLY'S STORY
CHAPTER LIII. THE FEMALE GUARDS
CHAPTER LIV. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE AGAIN
CHAPTER LV. THE FORMOSA
CHAPTER LVI. A PERILOUS JOURNEY
CHAPTER LVII. PURSUIT AGAIN
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James Grant
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The slender gut between is named the Narrows of St. John.
The breeze came more and more round upon our quarter as we ran past Signal Hill, ploughing through a somewhat heavy surf; past the Sugar Loaf, and a little creek where, in the clear summer sea, I have seen the guns of an ancient and forgotten wreck lying like black dots on the smooth white sand many fathoms below; for in these regions, when a brilliant sun shines upon the ocean, its waters become transparent to a wondrous depth; thus giant corals, dusky weeds, and the snow-white bones of mighty fish,
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