Drifting Round the World: A Boy's Adventures by Sea and Land (Classic Reprint)

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The hero, Rob Randall, ships on board the Racer, a Cape Ann schooner, bound to the coast of Greenland for halibut. In the course of the long voyage he rests in the island-studded harbors, and clears the rock-bound coasts of Nova Scotia, and then sails through the beau tiful Straits of Canso, past the Magdalen Islands and the wonderful Bird Rock, to Labrador. Being detained there by a storm, he and his companions prove the rude hospitality and enjoy the wild sports of the planters. They also visit the ruins of ancient French trading-posts and of Danish settlements; but their northward voyage is interrupted, and the Racer is lost. Then Rob Randal], with a single companion, starts on his wanderings, which are to extend around the world.

He visits Iceland, and beholds its grand and desolate scenery, its famous geysers, and its simple inhabitants. He touches the Shetland and Faroe islands, and has some break-neck adventures in search of the bird colonies on their terrible cliffs. He passes through Scotland, and enjoys its romantic scenery, the associations of its history and legends, and the pleasure of ranging its forests and moors. Through England he goes at Christmas time, and has his share in the festivities.

He comes next into Brittany, follows the winding Loire, sees the splendors of Paris, crosses to the castellated Rhine, and follows its course through the gardens of Holland, reclaimed from the bed of ocean.

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