tailieunhanh - Adrift in a Boat

Few parts of the shores of old England present more beautiful and romantic scenery than is to be found on the coast of Cornwall. There are deep bays, and bold headlands, and wild rocks, and lofty cliffs, and wooded heights, and bare downs, and yellow sands full of the most minute and delicate shells, so delicate that it is surprising how they could have existed in the rough and boisterous ocean, and been cast up whole from the depths below. In one of those beautiful bays, many years ago, a large party was collected, on a bright afternoon in the early part of autumn. Among. | Adrift in a Boat by . Kingston 1 CHAPTER ONE. CHAPTER TWO. CHAPTER THREE. CHAPTER FOUR. CHAPTER FIVE. CHAPTER SIX. CHAPTER SEVEN. CHAPTER EIGHT. CHAPTER NINE. CHAPTER TEN. CHAPTER ELEVEN. CHAPTER TWELVE. Adrift in a Boat by . Kingston The Project Gutenberg EBook of Adrift in a Boat by . Kingston This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Adrift in a Boat Author . Kingston Release Date October 17 2007 EBook 23048 Language English Character set encoding ASCII Adrift in a Boat by . Kingston 2 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ADRIFT IN A BOAT Produced by Nick Hodson of London England Adrift in a Boat by . Kingston. CHAPTER ONE. 3 CHAPTER ONE. THE PICNIC ON THE SANDS--THE MIDSHIPMAN--HARRY MERRYWEATHER AND DAVID MORETON CAUGHT BY THE TIDE--THE ALARM. Few parts of the shores of old England present more beautiful and romantic scenery than is to be found on the coast of Cornwall. There are deep bays and bold headlands and wild rocks and lofty cliffs and wooded heights and bare downs and yellow sands full of the most minute and delicate shells so delicate that it is surprising how they could have existed in the rough and boisterous ocean and been cast up whole from the depths below. In one of those beautiful bays many years ago a large party was collected on a bright afternoon in the early part of autumn. Among the party were persons of all ages but most of them were young and all were apparently very busy. Some were engaged in tending a fire over which a pot was boiling and others were collecting drift-wood thrown up close under the cliff with which to feed it. Two or three young ladies under the superintendence of a venerable matron were spreading a tablecloth though the sand looked so smooth and clear that it did not seem as if .