A collection featuring two nautical adventure stories: "The Penang Pirate," describes how the Captain of the "Hankow Lin," suspecting that there might be a piratical attack on his vessel on her return voyage from Canton to Australia, lays plans to spoil the pirates' plans. "The Lost Pinnace." HMS London is cruising the East Coast of Africa in search of any slaver dhows. One of these is met with and destroyed, then a midshipman with knowledge of the local language overhears that there is a second slaver not far away, so the London warship sets off in search of further conquest. John Conroy...
A collection featuring two nautical adventure stories: "The Penang Pirate," describes how the Captain of the "Hankow Lin," suspecting that there might...
Mr. Hutcheson's reputation for the realistic treatment of life at sea will be fully sustained by the present volume--the narrative of a boy's experiences on board ship during his first voyage. From the stowing of the vessel in the Thames to her recovery from the Pratas Reef on which she is stranded, everything is described with the accuracy of perfect practical knowledge of ships and sailors; and the incidents of the story range from the broad humours of the fo'c's'le to the perils of flight from and fight with the pirates of the China Seas. The captain, the mate, the Irish boatswain, the...
Mr. Hutcheson's reputation for the realistic treatment of life at sea will be fully sustained by the present volume--the narrative of a boy's experien...
