Left On Labrador The Cruise Of The Schooner Yacht Curlew As Reco

When young Wash is left behind on a remote island off the coast of Labrador, he must use all his ingenuity and courage to survive a long and treacherous winter. Stranded miles from civilization, Wash learns to fend for himself, facing challenges such as hunger, cold, and dangerous animals. But despite the hardships, he never loses hope, and ultimately triumphs over the wilderness. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"Left on Labrador; or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht "Curlew". As Recorded by "Wash"" by C. A. Stephens. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Excerpt from Left on Labrador, or the Cruise of the Schooner-Yacht Curlew: As Recorded by Wash On the 7th of July they made Cape Resolution on the north side of the entrance of Hudson Straits. Thenceforward, till their escape from that icy passage in August, their voyage was one continued series of startling adventures amid some of the grandest and most terrible scenery the earth affords. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Up Anchor, and away. ?What the Old Folks thought of iL ?The Narrator's Preface. ? "Squeamish." ? A North-easter.? Foggy.? The Schooner "Catfish." ? Catching Cod-Fish on the Grand Bank. ?The First Ice. ? The Polar Current. ? The Lengthening Day. ?Cape Farewell.? We bear away for Cape Besolution. ? Hudson's Straits. ? Its Ice and Tides. [In Wash's manuscript, the voyage as far as Cape Resolution occupies four chapters. We have been obliged to condense it into one, as indicated by periods. ?Ed.] ON the afternoon of the 9th of June, Capt. Mazard telegraphed, " Can sail to-morrow morning if the winds serves." We had been ready several days, waiting for the last job, ? strengthening the schooner. Good-by was said; and, going out to Gloucester, we went on board to pass the night. As some of our readers may perhaps feel incited to ask what our "folks" said to this somewhat adventurous departure, it may as well be stated that we were obliged to go considerably in opposition to their wishes, advice, counsel; in short, every thing that could be said save a downright veto. It was unavoidable on our part. They could not be brought to look upon our (or rather Eaed's) project of self-education as we did: they saw only the danger of the sea. Had we done as they advised, we should have staid at home. I shall not take it upon me to say what we ought to have done. As a matter of fact, we went, or this narrative would never have been written. Nor can I say conscientiously, by way of moral, that we were ever, for any great length of time, sorry that we went: on the contrary, I now believe it far the best way we could have spent our money; though the experience was a rough one. It may also be added, that we did not publicly state our intention of going so far north as Lab...

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