item: #1 of 19
          id: 12728
      author: Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
       title: The High School Boys' Canoe Club
        date: None
       words: 48795
      flesch: 92
     summary: I heard Mr. Driggs tell Dick Prescott that, as nearly as they could guess, you opened your mouth a trifle just before Dick and Dave reached you and freed you from that awful trap. Why, if anyone were to kill Dick Prescott, Dick would insist on the fellow coming around the next day and proving his death.
    keywords: boys; canoe; co.; darrin; dave; dick; dick prescott; dog; dollars; driggs; fellows; fred; girls; good; gridley; hartwell; high; lake; laura; man; money; prescott; preston; reade; ripley; school; time; tom; water; way; young
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        item: #2 of 19
          id: 15348
      author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
       title: Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata
        date: None
       words: 111712
      flesch: 83
     summary: Mr.---- Mr.---- I beg pardon, may I-- My name is Van der Kemp, said the hermit quietly. He saw that Van der Kemp, returning to the other end of the cave, sat down beside the lamp, the blaze of which fell full on his fine calm countenance.
    keywords: 16mo; 8vo; air; boat; book; canoe; captain; cave; children; close; course; crown; crown 8vo; dat; day; deck; der; der kemp; eyes; face; father; feet; friend; girl; good; got; hand; head; hermit; home; illustrations; island; kemp; know; krakatoa; left; life; long; look; man; massa; men; miles; mind; moment; morning; moses; mrs; negro; new; nigel; night; people; place; point; poor; professor; rakata; rev; round; roy; sea; short; son; story; tale; tell; thought; time; tone; tree; van; van der; volcano; water; way; winnie; work; young; youth; zee
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        item: #3 of 19
          id: 19489
      author: Rathborne, St. George
       title: Canoe Mates in Canada; Or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan
        date: None
       words: 49236
      flesch: 67
     summary: Owen's little cousin had accompanied grandpa to town, since a woman's judgment was considered essential in choosing some of the household effects; and the last glimpse our twain had of dear old Owen, the erstwhile lad, was standing with his arm about Jessie, while the proud factor beamed upon them both, and waved his hat with just as much enthusiasm as the youngsters. Cuthbert halted in his explanations; he did not hint at such a thing, but evidently it was up to Owen to tell something at least in connection with his presence in the neighborhood, and how he came to be rushing down the dangerous rapids at the time the storm broke, when it would appear the part of wisdom for one who knew the peril involved as well as he did, to land and portage around the troubled water.
    keywords: boys; camp; canadian; close; country; course; cuthbert; eli; eyes; face; factor; fellow; fire; fur; good; gregory; hand; head; heart; lad; life; look; man; men; mind; mother; new; night; owen; post; region; river; stackpole; things; timber; time; way; woods
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        item: #4 of 19
          id: 20849
      author: Eggleston, George Cary
       title: The Big Brother: A Story of Indian War
        date: None
       words: 35548
      flesch: 82
     summary: Whar mus' we go, Mas Sam? Sam did not answer. Whar's ye gwine to, Mas' Sam? asked Joe. _
    keywords: boys; chapter; dat; day; drift; fire; fort; fortress; glass; good; indians; joe; judie; mas; night; people; pile; place; river; sam; savages; thought; time; tom; water; way
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        item: #5 of 19
          id: 21245
      author: Young, Egerton Ryerson
       title: Three Boys in the Wild North Land
        date: None
       words: 86681
      flesch: 76
     summary: Yes, said Roddy, I had great times with them, but they always wanted to wrestle with me more than any other kind of sport. A little after midnight he abruptly sprang up, and speaking to Big Tom and a couple of other Indians they all withdrew some distance back into the darkness of the forest.
    keywords: alec; bear; boys; camp; canoe; children; close; company; country; day; days; deer; ere; father; fire; fish; frank; good; great; guns; home; hunters; indians; land; men; mr ross; mustagan; night; ones; place; rocks; ross; sam; saw; shore; shot; story; time; water; way; white; wolves; work; young
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        item: #6 of 19
          id: 21246
      author: Young, Egerton Ryerson
       title: Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
        date: None
       words: 102382
      flesch: 80
     summary: To the great delight of Frank, Alec, and Sam, Mr Ross was able to inform them that the number of young dogs of the right age to break into work was so large that he would be able to furnish each of them with a capital train, which they should have charge of and call their own as long as they remained in the country. Several methods are used in breaking in young dogs.
    keywords: alec; animals; bears; beaver; big; boys; camp; cold; couple; cut; day; days; dogs; ere; feet; fire; frank; geese; good; home; house; hunters; ice; indians; kinesasis; left; man; memotas; men; mr ross; mustagan; night; place; ross; sagasta; sam; saw; sleds; snow; spot; time; train; tree; water; way; weekee; white; winter; wolves; work; young
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        item: #7 of 19
          id: 21888
      author: Graydon, William Murray
       title: Canoe Boys and Campfires; Or, Adventures on Winding Waters
        date: None
       words: 65693
      flesch: 88
     summary: Such implicit faith did Ned place in his map that he shunned the roads, and did not think it worth while to stop at any of the farmhouses to ask information. Just when the worst seemed to be over the Pioneer ran broadside on a submerged rock, tipped instantly, and out went Ned head over heels.
    keywords: batters; boat; boys; bug; bushes; camp; canoes; clay; companions; creek; current; dam; end; farmer; feet; fellows; good; gun; half; hand; hocker; left; man; mile; mill; moment; morning; moxley; ned; nugget; paddled; place; randy; right; shore; stream; tent; time; water; way
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        item: #8 of 19
          id: 22347
      author: Hughes, Vincent
       title: Through Canal-Land in a Canadian Canoe
        date: None
       words: 5351
      flesch: 61
     summary: Getting through in our turn, after a short delay caused by a string of canal barges coming through to catch the morning tide, we entered upon the Grand Junction Canal, which extends form here to Braunston, a distance of some hundred and six miles. We did not relish the situation at all, I can assure you, especially as we could not take stock of our whereabouts; but after a deal of rocking and shoving (during which we had a narrow escape from capsizing), we managed to get the canoe clear of the walls, and worked our way backwards, hand-over-hand, to the mouth of the tunnel.
    keywords: canal; canoe; day; journey; morning; night; time; tunnel; water; way
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        item: #9 of 19
          id: 23371
      author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
       title: Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
        date: None
       words: 97105
      flesch: 78
     summary: Leaving this village immediately after the slaying of the tiger, the party continued to journey almost by forced marches, for not only was Nigel Roy very anxious to keep tryst with his father, and to settle the question of Kathleen's identity by bringing father and daughter together, but Van der Kemp himself, strange to say, was filled with intense and unaccountable anxiety to get back to his island-home. After eating for some time in silence, and having tried to draw out his host without success, Nigel changed his tactics and said-- You were so kind as to speak of me as your guest, Mr--Mr--I beg pardon, may I-- My name is Van der Kemp, said the hermit quietly.
    keywords: air; boat; canoe; captain; cave; close; course; dark; dat; day; deck; der; der kemp; eyes; face; father; feet; friend; girl; good; got; hand; head; hermit; island; kemp; know; krakatoa; left; life; look; man; massa; men; miles; mind; moment; moses; negro; nigel; night; party; place; point; poor; professor; round; roy; sea; short; son; tell; thought; tiger; time; tree; van; van der; volcano; water; way; winnie; youth; zee
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        item: #10 of 19
          id: 26345
      author: Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
       title: Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks
        date: None
       words: 53498
      flesch: 87
     summary: Then she read: 'At a recent fire that destroyed Dickens' Hotel at Raquette Lake, Adirondacks, a group of girl scouts known as the Dandelion Troop saved many lives and did heroic work in saving property. Then during the winter, other girls who had heard of the good times the scouts had had in camp that past summer became so insistent to mothers at home that permission to join the organization was granted them.
    keywords: alec; amy; betty; boys; camp; captain; car; carry; day; dick; dinner; fire; gilly; gilroy; girls; good; great; help; hester; home; house; jake; jim; joan; judith; julie; lake; left; light; mrs; place; raven; road; ruth; scouts; time; trail; vernon; verny; water; way; work
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        item: #11 of 19
          id: 30840
      author: Morrison, Gertrude W.
       title: The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna; Or, The Crew That Won
        date: None
       words: 43387
      flesch: 90
     summary: Hester and Lily were older girls, and heavier; but they hadn't the lithe strength and skill of the twins. They are good girls--and loving girls.
    keywords: aunt; aunt dora; billy; boat; bobby; boys; canoe; chet; day; dora; dorothy; girls; good; hester; high; home; island; jess; lake; lance; laura; lockwood; long; man; monkey; mrs; purt; race; right; school; shell; sister; time; tony; twins; way
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        item: #12 of 19
          id: 32333
      author: Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)
       title: Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5.
        date: None
       words: 85248
      flesch: 71
     summary: [Illustration: A CAPSIZE IN DELAWARE BAY.] At such a moment do not stop to make vows as to how you will treat your neighbor in future if once safely landed, but strike out, fight as you never fought before, swallowing as little water as possible, and never relaxing an energy or yielding a hope. The ebb-tide had left but little water around the rough pier abreast of the town, and heaps of oyster-shells rose from the mud flats and threatened the safety of my canoe.
    keywords: bank; bay; beach; boat; canal; canoe; cape; captain; carolina; champlain; city; coast; country; craft; creek; current; day; delaware; distance; end; entrance; feet; following; good; great; gulf; half; head; home; house; hudson; inlet; island; kind; lake; landing; lawrence; left; length; little; low; man; marshes; men; miles; morning; near; negro; new; night; north; northern; ocean; paper; paper boat; paper canoe; people; place; point; rice; river; route; sea; shore; sound; south; southern; states; tide; time; town; trees; united; voyage; water; way; west; white; wind; wood; work; years; york
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        item: #13 of 19
          id: 34990
      author: Thoreau, Henry David
       title: Canoeing in the wilderness
        date: None
       words: 35113
      flesch: 77
     summary: I heard of one who, being asked by a white man going into the woods what he would say if he killed a moose, answered, �If you bring me a quarter of it I guess you won�t be troubled.� His duty being, as he said, only to prevent the �indiscriminate� slaughter of them for their hides. �Oh, yer,� he replied, �good many do so.� I asked how long he thought it would take.
    keywords: bark; camp; canoe; carry; companion; day; feet; fire; forest; good; half; indian; lake; man; miles; moose; net; night; path; place; river; shore; stream; thought; time; trees; water; way; white; woods; â �; � �
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        item: #14 of 19
          id: 38556
      author: Thwaites, Reuben Gold
       title: Historic Waterways—Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers
        date: None
       words: 58332
      flesch: 69
     summary: This coming in at the back door of river towns reveals many a secret of sham. Of the three, the Rock river route, through the great prairies of Illinois, perhaps presents the greatest variety of life and scenery.
    keywords: away; bank; bay; beach; black; boat; bridge; canoe; channel; country; craft; current; dam; dark; day; days; doctor; dozen; farm; feet; ferry; flood; foot; fox; good; government; grand; green; half; having; head; highway; home; house; indians; island; lake; life; little; man; miles; mill; mississippi; morning; mouth; new; night; place; portage; prairie; railway; river; rock; sand; shore; stream; time; town; trees; upper; view; village; water; way; white; wild; wind; winnebago; wisconsin; years
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        item: #15 of 19
          id: 40238
      author: MacGregor, John
       title: A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe
        date: None
       words: 81783
      flesch: 78
     summary: The absence of other boats showed me (now experienced in such omens) that some great difficulty was at hand, but I also remarked that by far the greater number of observers had collected over one particular arch, where at first there seemed to be the very worst chance for getting through. I saw one raft in course of preparation, though there were not many boats, for as the men there said, How could we get boats _up_ that stream?
    keywords: 8vo; author; bank; boat; book; boys; bridge; canal; canoe; cart; chapter; cloth; course; current; danube; day; days; edition; end; england; english; fast; feet; french; german; half; hand; high; hotel; hour; house; illustrations; inches; lake; left; length; life; london; look; man; men; miles; mind; morning; near; new; night; paddle; people; place; pleasure; point; post; price; railway; rapids; rest; rhine; river; road; rob; rocks; round; roy; sail; scenery; sort; stream; sun; things; time; town; trees; vols; voyage; walk; water; way; wind; work
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        item: #16 of 19
          id: 42623
      author: Tomlinson, Everett T. (Everett Titsworth)
       title: Camping on the St. Lawrence; Or, On the Trail of the Early Discoverers
        date: None
       words: 81101
      flesch: 86
     summary: It is a thorough-going boy's book of the right sort,--full of life, bubbling over with high spirits and noble ambition; a most intelligent interpretation of boy life and character. Well, the way that same Ethan looks at us, and sniffs at our rods, and treats us as if we were boys, just scares me; it does, for a fact.
    keywords: away; bay; ben; bert; boat; boatman; bob; boys; camp; canoe; clarke; companions; course; day; dock; ethan; fellows; fish; friends; george; good; island; jock; lawrence; line; look; moment; morning; night; place; river; sail; shore; skiff; things; thought; time; tom; want; water; way
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        item: #17 of 19
          id: 46289
      author: Grinnell, George Bird
       title: Jack the Young Canoeman: An Eastern Boy's Voyage in a Chinook Canoe
        date: None
       words: 93753
      flesch: 81
     summary: Said Jack to his companion: We have had lots of surprises on this trip, Hugh, and this camp is one of the greatest of them. The rush of this great mass of water Jack thought enough to frighten one.
    keywords: bear; birds; camp; canoe; country; course; day; deer; fannin; feet; fire; fish; food; goats; good; ground; half; head; hugh; indians; inlet; jack; james; lake; little; look; man; men; morning; mountains; night; north; people; place; point; river; salmon; saw; shore; shot; tell; think; time; water; way; white; work
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        item: #18 of 19
          id: 62301
      author: Munroe, Kirk
       title: Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
        date: None
       words: 69024
      flesch: 78
     summary: Right you are, Mr. Sumner, said the sailor. Then, as Sumner, with a flushed face, but disdaining any reply, sheered off and sailed away, he added, I'd jest naturally hate myself if I was as mean as you be, Sumner Rankin, and I won't forget your disobligingness in a hurry, neither!
    keywords: away; beach; boat; boy; boys; camp; canoes; carey; chapter; close; craft; day; eyes; feet; fire; fish; florida; good; indian; island; key; know; left; length; lieutenant; light; look; man; moment; place; quorum; reef; sail; saw; schooner; set; sumner; time; water; way; west; white; wind; worth; young
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        item: #19 of 19
          id: 6818
      author: Seton, Ernest Thompson
       title: The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake
        date: None
       words: 67213
      flesch: 82
     summary: In attempting to analyse this I was confronted by the fact that among themselves they are kind and hospitable, and at length discovered that their attitude toward us is founded on the ideas that all white men are very rich, that the Indian has made them so by allowing them to come into this country, that the Indian is very poor because he never was properly compensated, and that therefore all he can get out of said white man is much less than the white man owes him. The mania for killing that is seen in many white men is evidently a relic of savagery, for all of these Indians and half-breeds are full of it.
    keywords: away; bay; billy; buffalo; camp; camped; canoe; caribou; chapter; chipewyan; company; country; day; days; dogs; feet; fish; food; foot; fort; good; ground; half; high; hour; indian; island; lake; land; left; life; little; long; lynx; man; meat; men; miles; moose; morning; new; night; north; open; place; point; preble; river; saw; set; shore; smith; things; thought; time; water; weeso; white; wind; winter; woods; yards; years
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