The Cruise Of The 'Alerte'
E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
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THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN AND NEW YORK
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN AND NEW YORK
CONTENTS. THE CRUISE OF THE 'ALERTE.'   CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF THE TREASURE. In the course of a long cruise in the South Atlantic and up the South American rivers, in the years 1880 and 1881, with my little yacht the 'Falcon,' I found myself, more by accident than intention, in the neighbourhood of the small desert island of Trinidad. We were bound from Montevideo to Bahia, and, after running before a heavy pampero off the River Plate, we fell in with strong head winds, and had to thrash our
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