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 76
CARRYING A LINE ABOARD, THE OLD WAY. A HAPPY RELEASE. 77 down enough to launch a boat ; and so, in six or seven trips,we brought the whole forty men safely ashore. But I thought they were all drowned, said Gertrude, inastonishment. That was later, said Thomas John ; when the CoastWrecking Company… … iWI—Trim ji if iiiibmi H i h in nu i fcngrnr*——~r-*; LAUNCHING THE SURF-BOAT. nearly three weeks after she went ashore, before she broke up.All this time, the Wrecking Company were hard at work. Agang of men were landing cargo, to lighten her. Then, theyhad anchors sunk out to sea, and carried…
American Revolution (1775-1783) · Young men · Young women · Sailing · Seafaring life · Vikings · Ship captains
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