Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 176
RESCUED BY THE ENEMY BY SABR1A AVERY … During the autumn of 178-, the farmersalong the north shore of Long Island sufferedmuch from the depredations of roving bands ofplunderers known and feared as the Whale-boat-men. They were so called because, in their suddenraids upon the lonely coast farm-houses, theyemployed the old whaling-boats…
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