The Rover Boys on Land and Sea

The Rover Boys on Land and Sea (1903)
by Arthur M. Winfield
1517105The Rover Boys on Land and Sea1903Arthur M. Winfield

THE ROVER BOYS

ON LAND AND SEA


OR


THE CRUSOES OF SEVEN ISLANDS


BY

ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

(Edward Stratemeyer)

AUTHOR OF THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL, THE
ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN
, THE PUTNAM
HALL SERIES
, ETC.


ILLUSTRATED


NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United Stales of America

BRINGING THE SHIP'S STORES ASHORE.—P. 223.

CONTENTS



CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Rover Boys in San Francisco 1
II. The Turning Up of Dan Baxter 10
III. A Discovery and What Followed 19
IV. Good Times at Santa Barbara 27
V. On Board the Yacht 36
VI. Adrift on the Pacific Ocean 45
VII. Dismaying News 55
VIII. From One Ship to Another 64
IX. In Which the Enemy Is Cornered 73
X. A Blow in the Darkness 82
XI. A Call from the Stern 90
XII. Another Accident at Sea 99
XIII. The Crusoes of Seven Islands 108
XIV. Settling Down on the Island 117
XV. Another Castaway Brought to Light 126
XVI. Sam and the Shark 135
XVII. Exploring the Seven Islands 143
XVIII. Unexpected Visitors 151
XIX. Hot Words and Blows 159
XX. The Mate Tries to Take Command 168
XXI. The Attack on the Wreck 176
XXII. A Heavy Tropical Storm 184
XXIII. What Happened on the Bay 192
XXIV. In Close Quarters 200
XXV. Trying to Come to Terms 208
XXVI. The Cave on the Island 217
XXVII. A Fight with a Wild Beast 225
XXVIII. The Mate Shows His Hand 234
XXIX. The Burning of the Wreck 244
XXX. The Defense of the Cave—saved! 255

INTRODUCTION.

My Dear Boys: "The Rover Boys on Land and Sea," is a complete story in itself, but forms the seventh volume of the "Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."

As I mentioned in a previous volume of this series, when I began this set of books I had in mind to write no more than three volumes, re lating the adventures of Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover, at home, at school, and elsewhere. But the publication of "The Rover Boys at School," "The Rover Boys on the Ocean," and "The Rover Boys in the Jungle," immediately called for more stories of the same sort, so year after year I have followed with "The Rover Boys out West," "The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes," "The Rover Boys in the Mountains," and now the volume before you, which relates the adventures of the three brothers, and some of their friends and enemies, on the sea and on a number of far away islands, where, for a time, all lead a sort of Robinson Crusoe life.

In writing this tale I had in mind not alone to please my young readers, but also to give them a fair picture of life on the ocean as it is to-day, in distinction to what it was years ago, and also to acquaint the boys and girls with some of the beauties of those mid-ocean lands which are generally so strange to all of us. The boys see much that is new, novel, and pleasing—new fruits, new flowers, new animals—and have often to use their wits to the utmost, to get themselves, out of serious difficulty and also to make themselves, and those under their protection, comfortable.

Once again I thank my young friends for the interest they have shown in my previous stories. I trust that all who peruse this volume will find it equally to their liking.

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

Edward Stratemeyer.



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