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Adrift in the Wilds, by Edward S. Ellis
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Title: Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys
Author: Edward S. Ellis
Release Date: May 27, 2007 [EBook #21626]
Language: English
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Adrift in the Wilds;
OR,
The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys.
By EDWARD S. ELLIS
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK: A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER.
Copyrighted 1887, by A. L. Burt.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
'May the good Lord preserve us! them are Injuns,' said Tim.
"The Indian drew forth a tiny canoe and shoved it into the water"
"We are lost."
ADRIFT IN THE WILDS;
OR,
The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys.
CHAPTER I.
HO, FOR CALIFORNIA.
One beautiful misummer night in 18-- a large, heavily laden steamer was making her way swiftly up the Pacific coast, in the direction of San Francisco. She was opposite the California shore, only a day's sail distant fro