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Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' By: C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens (1844-1931) |
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Or The Cruise of the Schooner Yacht "Curlew" as Recorded by "Wash" by C.A. STEPHENS Author of "Lynx Hunting," "Fox Hunting," "Camping
Out," "Off to the Geysers," "On the Amazons," Etc. Illustrated [Illustration] New York
Hurst & Company
Publishers
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. Sequel to the "Graphite Lode." The Fifteen Thousand
Dollars, and how it was invested. About the Yacht.
The Schooner "Curlew." Capt. Mazard. Guard. The
Gloucester Boys. "Palmleaf, Sar." Getting Ready
for the Voyage. Ship Stores. The Howitzer. The
Big Rifle. A Good Round Bill at the Outset 9
CHAPTER II. Up Anchor, and away. What the Old Folks thought of
it. The Narrator's Preface. "Squeamish." A
North easter. Foggy. The Schooner "Catfish."
Catching Cod Fish on the Grand Bank. The First
Ice. The Polar Current. The Lengthening Day. Cape
Farewell. We bear away for Cape Resolution. Hudson's
Straits. Its Ice and Tides 28
CHAPTER III. Cape Resolution. The Entrance into Hudson's Straits.
The Sun in the North east. The Resolution Cliffs
Sweating among Icebergs. A Shower and a Fog An
Anxious Night. A Strange Rumbling. Singular
Noises and Explosions Running into an Iceberg. In
Tow. A Big Hailstone drops on Deck. Boarding an
Iceberg. Solution of the Explosions. A Lucky Escape 45
CHAPTER IV. The Fog lifts. A Whale in Sight. Craggy Black
Mountains capped with Snow. A Novel Carriage for the
Big Rifle. Mounting the Howitzer. A Doubtful
Shot. The Lower Savage Isles. A Deep Inlet.
"Mazard's Bay." A Desolate Island. An Ice Jam. A
Strange Blood red Light. Solution of the Mystery.
Going Ashore. Barren Ledges. Beds of Moss. A Bald
Peak. An Alarm. The Schooner in Jeopardy. The
Crash and Thunder of the Ice. Tremendous Tides 69
CHAPTER V. A Dead Narwhal. Snowy Owls. Two Bears in Sight.
Firing on them with the Howitzer. A Bear Hunt among
the Ice. An Ice "Jungle." An Exciting Chase. The
Bear turns. Palmleaf makes "a Sure Shot." "Run,
you Black Son!" 93
CHAPTER VI. The Middle Savage Isles. Glimpse of an Esquimau
Canoe. Firing at a Bear with the Cannon Rifle. A
Strange Sound. The Esquimaux. Their Kayaks. They
come on board. An Unintelligible Tongue. "Chymo." 106
CHAPTER VII. The Husky Belles. We we and Caubvick . " Abb ,"
she said. All Promenade. Candy at a Discount.
" Pillitay, pillitay! " Old Trull and the Husky
Matron. Gorgeous Gifts. Adieu to the Arctic Beauties 125
CHAPTER VIII. The Husky Chief. Palmleaf Indignant. A Gun. Sudden
Apparition of the Company's Ship. We hold a Hasty
Council. In the Jaws of the British Lion. An Armed
Boat. Repel Boarders! Red Face waxes wrathful.
Fired on, but no Bones Broken 140
CHAPTER IX. A Barren Shore, and a Strange Animal, which is captured
by blowing up its Den. Palmleaf falls in with the
Esquimaux, and is chased by them. " Twau ve! " "A
Close Shave." An Attack threatened. The Savages
dispersed with the Howitzer 162
CHAPTER X. The Dip of the Needle. The North Magnetic Pole. A
Kayak Bottom up, with its Owner Head down.
Ice Patches. Anchoring to an Ice Floe. A Bear hunt
in the Fog. Bruin charges his Enemies. Soundings.
The Depth of the Straits 186
CHAPTER XI. "Isle Aktok." A Sea Horse and a Sea Horse Hunt. In
High Spirits. Sudden Interruption of the Hunt. A
Heavy Gun. The Race to the Ledge Tops. Too Late. A
Disheartening Spectacle. Surprised by the Company's
Ship. The Schooner in Peril. Capt. Mazard bravely
waits. The Flight of "The Curlew" amid a Shower of
Balls. The Chase. Left on the Islet. A Gloomy
Prospect. "What shall we have for Grub to ate ?"
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