Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 783
dden reef,none have such terrors for vessels trading in thePacific Ocean as the pirates that infest the Chinesecoast. With ordinary skill and vigilance the for-mer dangers may be guarded against, and it is at night-fall are to all appearances the peacefultraders that they profess to be; but if an… … seldom that some one does not survive to tell thetale, but an attack by these pirates is conductedwith such cunning, treachery and skill, that if it issuccessful, it leaves a mystery far harder to bearthan a known misfortune, for those who watch andwait for the ship that never returns to port.…
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