Aboard the Mavis : it is told in this book how five boys and five girls cruise in the schooner "Mavis" about the east end of Long Island, and how, in (1880)
Markham, Richard. · New York : Dodd, Mead, and Co. · leaf 57
to forget them in a hurry, said Kate rue-fully. And did not your driver tell you any other story ? askedMr. Longwood. No, said Lou. The best he could think of was how 58 A HUNDRED PI-OVER IN ONE DAY. Col. Somebody-or-other went shooting on the Montauk moorslast autumn, and bagged a hundred plover… … NAPEAGUF.. After the battle of Long Island, when the defeated patriot troopshad made good their escape to the mainland, the whole islandfell under the British sway. And a great thing it was for theBritish, too, that they did get possession of it ; for it was thegarden whence all the provisions for…
American Revolution (1775-1783) · Young men · Young women · Sailing · Seafaring life · Vikings · Ship captains
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