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The Castaways

By Harry Collingwood

2019-09-27 21:58:55

Excerpt.......It was on a wet, dreary, dismal afternoon, toward the end of October 18—, that I found myself en route for Gravesend, to join the clipper ship City of Cawnpore, in the capacity of cuddy passenger, bound for Calcutta. The wind was b ... Read more
Excerpt.......It was on a wet, dreary, dismal afternoon, toward the end of October 18—, that I found myself en route for Gravesend, to join the clipper ship City of Cawnpore, in the capacity of cuddy passenger, bound for Calcutta. The wind was blowing strong from the south-east, and came sweeping along, charged with frequent heavy rain squalls that dashed fiercely against the carriage windows, while the atmosphere was a mere dingy, brownish grey expanse of shapeless vapour, so all-pervading that it shut out not only the entire firmament but also a very considerable portion of the landscape. Less

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File size360.468 KB
Print pages136
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1523320790
Harry Collingwood (1851-1922) served in the navy and later as an engineer. He traveled extensively finding copious for his wonderful adventure stories,...

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