The Young Marooners on the Florida Coast: Or, Robert and HaroldDodd, Mead, 1887 - 452 pages The adventures of a family in Florida in 1830. |
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... fire - Hunting the opossum ............... 226 CHAPTER XXII . Frank and his " pigs " -The cage - Walk on the beach - Immense crawfish - The museum - Naming the Island . ...................................................
... fire - Hunting the opossum ............... 226 CHAPTER XXII . Frank and his " pigs " -The cage - Walk on the beach - Immense crawfish - The museum - Naming the Island . ...................................................
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... fire in one's dress - Relief to a burn - Conversation .............. ................................. . 391 CHAPTER XXXVI . Buccessful work - Excursion - The fish eagle - Different methods of procuring fire - Woodsman's shelter against ...
... fire in one's dress - Relief to a burn - Conversation .............. ................................. . 391 CHAPTER XXXVI . Buccessful work - Excursion - The fish eagle - Different methods of procuring fire - Woodsman's shelter against ...
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... fire and water , and a tea kettle and a tea pot , and the tea itself , and cups and saucers and spoons , and sugar and milk , and a sugar pot and milk pot , besides a number of other things . But how these things are to be brought ...
... fire and water , and a tea kettle and a tea pot , and the tea itself , and cups and saucers and spoons , and sugar and milk , and a sugar pot and milk pot , besides a number of other things . But how these things are to be brought ...
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... fire ; so she went to the front door to look for her husband . " Peter ! " she called . Peter was no where about the house . She saw him below the bluff on his way to the landing . So , running a little nearer , and raising her voice to ...
... fire ; so she went to the front door to look for her husband . " Peter ! " she called . Peter was no where about the house . She saw him below the bluff on his way to the landing . So , running a little nearer , and raising her voice to ...
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... fire because he was not certain where she preferred to have it built ; so he waited , like a good , obedient husband , until she should direct him . In the meantime , Mary was in trouble too . Where was the loaf sugar to be placed in ...
... fire because he was not certain where she preferred to have it built ; so he waited , like a good , obedient husband , until she should direct him . In the meantime , Mary was in trouble too . Where was the loaf sugar to be placed in ...
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Page 387 - ... life. Sam's heart began to beat softly, and shortly after he gave a sigh. The boys were nearly exhausted by their protracted efforts, but still they kept on ; and it was well they did, for many a person has been lost by neglect after life seemed to have been restored. When the patient was sufficiently recovered to swallow, Robert poured down his throat some warm water and sugar, remarking it was a pity they had brought none of the wines or spirits which were so abundant on shipboard. " There...