PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
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AUTHOR OF “VALLEY OF THE MOON,” “JOHN BARLEYCORN” “MUTINY OF THE ELSINORE,” ETC.
“Yes have heard the beat of the offshore wind, And the thresh of the deep-sea rain; You have heard the song—how long! how long! Pull out on the trail again!”
MILLS & BOON, LIMITED 49 RUPERT STREET LONDON, W.1
_Copyright in the United States of America_ by The Macmillan Company
To CHARMIAN THE MATE OF THE “SNARK” WHO TOOK THE WHEEL, NIGHT OR DAY, WHEN ENTERING OR LEAVING PORT OR RUNNING A PASSAGE, WHO TOOK THE WHEEL IN EVERY EMERGENCY, AND WHO WEPT AFTER TWO YEARS OF SAILING, WHEN THE VOYAGE WAS DISCONTINUED
CHAPTER I FOREWORD CHAPTER II THE INCONCEIVABLE AND MONSTROUS CHAPTER III ADVENTURE CHAPTER IV FINDING ONE’S WAY ABOUT CHAPTER V THE FIRST LANDFALL CHAPTER VI A ROYAL SPORT CHAPTER VII THE LEPERS OF MOLOKAI CHAPTER VIII THE HOUSE OF THE SUN CHAPTER IX A PACIFIC TRAVERSE CHAPTER X TYPEE CHAPTER XI THE NATURE MAN CHAPTER XII THE HIGH SEAT OF ABUNDANCE CHAPTER XIII THE STONE-FISHING OF BORA BORA CHAPTER XIV THE AMATEUR NAVIGATOR CHAPTER XV CRUISING IN THE SOLOMONS CHAPTER XVI BÊCHE DE MER ENGLISH CHAPTER XVII THE AMATEUR M.D. BACKWORD FOOTNOTES
It began in the swimming pool at Glen Ellen. Between swims it was our wont to come out and lie in the sand and let our skins breathe the warm air and soak in the sunshine. Roscoe was a yachtsman. I had followed the sea a bit. It was inevitable that we should talk about boats. We talked about small boats, and the seaworthiness of small boats. We instanced Captain Slocum and his three years’ voyage around the world in the _Spray_.
We asserted that we were not afraid to go around the world in a small boat, say forty feet long. We asserted furthermore that we would like to do it. We asserted finally that there was nothing in this world we’d like better than a chance to do it.
Arthur Conan Doyle
