Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 416
d scarce time to think — scarce time to act and savemyself. I was on the summit of one swell when theschooner came stooping over the next. The bowspritwas over my head. I sprang to my feet, and leaped^stamping the coracle under water. With one hand Icaught the jib-boom, while my foot was lodged… … THE LANDING ON THE ISLAND (From The Swiss Family Robinson.)By jean RUDOLF WYSS.
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