Subject for November, 2016
Chapter 12 – On The Horizon
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At that date the tempest took its most terrible form, that of the hurricane. The wind had set in from the southwest. The air moved with a velocity of ninety miles an hour. It w...
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Chapter 11 – Tempest
Subject: Part 1
During the week which followed that event, from the 14th of February to the 21st, no incident took place on board. The wind from the northwest freshened gradually, and the &quo...
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Chapter 10 – The Four Days Which Follow
Subject: Part 1
Dick Sand was then captain of the "Pilgrim," and, without losing an instant, he took the necessary measures for putting the ship under full sail. It was well understo...
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Chapter 9 – Captain Sand
Subject: Part 1
The first impression felt by the passengers of the "Pilgrim" in presence of this terrible catastrophe was a combination of pity and horror. They only thought of this ...
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Chapter 8 – The Jubarte
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Captain Hull, an experienced whaler, would leave nothing to chance. The capture of a jubarte is a difficult thing. No precaution ought to be neglected. None was in this case. A...
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Chapter 7 – Preparations
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It will be understood that the sight of this prodigious mammifer was necessary to produce such excitement on board the "Pilgrim." The whale, which floated in the midd...
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Chapter 6 – A Whale In Sight
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It will be remembered that this singular incident was made, more than once, the subject of conversation held in the stern of the "Pilgrim" between Mrs. Weldon, Captai...
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Chapter 5 – S. V.
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Meanwhile, the "Pilgrim" had continued her course, making for the east as much as possible. This lamentable continuance of calms did not cease to trouble Captain Hull...
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Chapter 4 – The Survivors Of The “Waldeck”
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The slave trade was still carried on, on a large scale, in all equinoctial Africa. Notwithstanding the English and French cruisers, ships loaded with slaves leave the coasts of...
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Chapter 3 – The Wreck
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Dick Sand’s cry brought all the crew to their feet. The men who were not on watch came on deck. Captain Hull, leaving his cabin, went toward the bow. Mrs. Weldon, Nan, ev...
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