item: #1 of 15 id: 10862 author: Dwyer, James Francis title: The White Waterfall date: None words: 63321 flesch: 83 summary: Higher and higher we went with bleeding fingers and knees, but at last Holman reached the top, and I dragged myself up beside him. It was after nine o'clock that evening before I again saw young Holman, and by that time Levuka was far behind. keywords: barbara; big; black; captain; devil; edith; eyes; face; feet; fijian; girls; good; hand; head; herndon; holman; kaipi; ledge; left; leith; minutes; moment; night; path; place; professor; rock; rope; silence; soma; spot; stone; thought; time; verslun; way; white; words; yacht; youngster cache: 10862.txt plain text: 10862.txt item: #2 of 15 id: 12639 author: Kenyon, Camilla title: Spanish Doubloons date: None words: 64250 flesch: 82 summary: She agreed with Mr. Tubbs that Mr. Vane would have looked most picturesque going to the rescue on account of his sash, and it was too bad he had not been able, but never mind, it was most kind of Mr. Shaw, and she was sure her niece appreciated it though she was afraid she hadn't thanked Mr. Shaw properly. She demanded of Mr. Shaw, of Cuthbert Vane, of Captain Magnus, each and severally, that Mr. Tubbs be compelled to disgorge his secret. keywords: aunt; aunt jane; boat; browne; cabin; camp; captain; captain magnus; cave; chest; cookie; course; crusoe; cuthbert; day; dugald; end; eyes; face; feet; find; gold; good; half; hand; harding; head; higglesby; island; left; little; magnus; man; mind; miss; miss browne; moment; pirates; place; point; right; sand; sea; set; shaw; think; thought; time; treasure; tubbs; vane; way; white cache: 12639.txt plain text: 12639.txt item: #3 of 15 id: 21451 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Ben Hadden; or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It date: None words: 47531 flesch: 82 summary: Ben Hadden; or, Do Right, Whatever Comes Of It, by W.H.G. Kingston. Now, Ben Hadden, here's a job for you, said the coxswain of the boat, when they had come back and sat down in rather a sulky mood. keywords: ben; board; boat; captain; charlton; day; god; good; hadden; island; john; know; man; manners; men; mother; natives; people; right; sea; ship; shore; thought; time; tom; water; way cache: 21451.txt plain text: 21451.txt item: #4 of 15 id: 21456 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: The Cruise of the "Dainty"; Or, Rovings in the Pacific date: None words: 43984 flesch: 78 summary: She little thought at the time that there were many other islands in every direction, the inhabitants of which were quite as savage as those of Fiji had been. Thence standing on, and passing several other islands, the next day but one we reached that of Nukapu, which has a melancholy interest, as it was here that the excellent Bishop Patteson lost his life. keywords: board; boat; breeze; canoes; captain; charlie; chief; day; deck; dick; good; harry; island; men; natives; people; reef; schooner; sea; shore; time; tom; vessel; water; way cache: 21456.txt plain text: 21456.txt item: #5 of 15 id: 21457 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: The Cruise of the Mary Rose; Or, Here and There in the Pacific date: None words: 80974 flesch: 75 summary: He says that he has just heard from Taro, who gets the information I know not how, that there are to the southward of this several coral islands, where abundance of mother-of-pearl and also pearls of great size are to be procured; and thus, instead of sailing west, as we had proposed, he has arranged with Captain Fuller to sail once more south towards the Hervey group, and to touch at the Friendly, Fiji, and many other islands, ere we once more steer north-west towards our destination. But I must tell you more of many other islands brought under Christian instruction. keywords: bent; board; boat; canoes; captain; chief; christian; christianity; come; day; god; golding; good; gospel; group; heathen; house; inhabitants; islands; john; king; life; man; men; missionaries; missionary; natives; new; number; pacific; people; place; return; round; savages; says; sea; ship; shore; taro; teachers; time; truth; way; work; years cache: 21457.txt plain text: 21457.txt item: #6 of 15 id: 21489 author: Verne, Jules title: The Secret of the Island date: None words: 64478 flesch: 76 summary: But, Captain Harding, exclaimed the sailor, our working days will not be many, and if you go also we shall be two pair of hands short! We shall return to-morrow, replied Cyrus Harding, but it is necessary that I should go to the corral. Cyrus Harding and Herbert having immediately called Gideon Spilett, Pencroft, and Neb into the dining-room of Granite House, told them what had happened. keywords: ayrton; boat; brig; captain; captain harding; colonists; companions; convicts; corral; cyrus harding; day; engineer; fire; gideon; granite; granite house; harding; herbert; house; island; lava; lincoln; man; moment; neb; nemo; night; pencroft; reporter; return; sailor; sea; settlers; spilett; time; vessel; water; work cache: 21489.txt plain text: 21489.txt item: #7 of 15 id: 21551 author: Marryat, Frederick title: The Little Savage date: None words: 98162 flesch: 76 summary: Having rested myself sufficiently, I commenced my descent, which I accomplished in little less time than it took me to ascend from the other side. I wish you would get me a little more now, Frank, just to steady me; just about two or three mouthfuls, no more; that is, no more till night time. keywords: bed; birds; boat; book; cabin; captain; chapter; companion; day; father; fish; god; good; hand; island; jackson; left; long; man; mate; men; morning; mother; mrs; nero; night; place; pool; reichardt; rock; round; sea; ship; things; thought; till; time; vessel; water; way; yes cache: 21551.txt plain text: 21551.txt item: #8 of 15 id: 29462 author: Pemberton, Max title: The House Under the Sea: A Romance date: None words: 80397 flesch: 88 summary: Mister Jacob, said I, for, little man that he was, he had a big wit in his own way, the lady would be very glad to get out of the way of the reef, I'm thinking. If they can go through with it, why not we--great men that have the sea's good health in them? keywords: aye; begg; bligh; captain; come; czerny; day; doctor; dolly; door; eyes; gate; god; good; hand; head; house; island; jasper; ken; life; little; man; men; mister; night; peter; place; rock; ruth; sea; ship; sleep; think; time; venn; water; way; word cache: 29462.txt plain text: 29462.txt item: #9 of 15 id: 31012 author: Stevenson, Robert Louis title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 17 date: None words: 112950 flesch: 79 summary: I didn't like the lot--no trader does; they look down upon us, and make no concealment; and, besides, they're partly Kanakaised, and suck up with natives instead of with other white men like themselves. I think you good man, she said. keywords: apia; beach; becker; boat; bottle; brandeis; bush; business; captain; case; chief; consul; country; day; dead; devil; end; english; eyes; face; firm; german; good; government; great; half; hand; head; home; house; island; keawe; keola; kind; king; knappe; kokua; laupepa; lay; left; like; look; man; mataafa; men; mind; moment; money; morning; mulinuu; native; new; night; people; place; round; samoa; samoans; sea; set; ships; tamasese; tell; thing; thought; time; uma; village; war; way; white; word cache: 31012.txt plain text: 31012.txt item: #10 of 15 id: 32613 author: Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney) title: Tabby date: None words: 4177 flesch: 87 summary: Well, we heard the first screen door squeak open, and someone let out a whoop as the group moved out with brooms, palm fronds and sticks to snatch a path through the nightmare of spider webs. Everywhere outside, vision was obscured by the grayish film of webs on which little droplets caught the tropical sun like a million tiny mirrors. keywords: cleve; cleveland; feet; sellers; sparks; tabby; webs cache: 32613.txt plain text: 32613.txt item: #11 of 15 id: 33516 author: Verne, Jules title: Abandoned date: None words: 68205 flesch: 74 summary: You are going to enter the service of Captain Cyrus Harding? Another respondent grunt was uttered by the ape. The Return -- Discussion -- Cyrus Harding and the Stranger -- Port Balloon -- The Engineer's Devotion -- A touching Incident -- Tears flow 166 CHAPTER XVI A Mystery to be cleared up -- The Stranger's first Words -- Twelve Years on the Islet -- Avowal which escapes him -- The Disappearance -- Cyrus Harding's Confidence -- Construction of a Mill -- The first Bread -- An Act of Devotion -- Honest Hands 176 CHAPTER XVII Still alone -- The Stranger's Request -- keywords: -the; ayrton; boat; bonadventure; captain; coast; colonists; companions; corral; cyrus; cyrus harding; day; engineer; forest; gideon; good; granite; granite house; harding; herbert; house; illustration; island; jup; left; lincoln; man; mercy; miles; neb; new; night; pencroft; reporter; sailor; sea; settlers; shore; spilett; stranger; tabor; time; trees; vessel; water; work cache: 33516.txt plain text: 33516.txt item: #12 of 15 id: 37652 author: Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis) title: The Nameless Island: A Story of Some Modern Robinson Crusoes date: None words: 67940 flesch: 83 summary: The five passengers were Mr. McKay, his son Andrew, Terence Donaghue, Fanshaw Ellerton, and Quexo; but before relating the circumstances in which they found themselves on board the _San Martin_, it will be necessary to introduce them to our readers. Mr. McKay, a tall, erect Queenslander, of Scottish descent, had, through the death of a near relative, migrated from Australia to one of the Central American republics in order to test the possibilities of an estate which had been left him, before putting it into the market. keywords: andy; beach; blight; boat; cabin; canoes; cave; craft; day; deck; door; ellerton; father; feet; fire; good; great; ground; hand; head; house; island; lads; left; length; look; man; mckay; men; natives; night; quexo; reef; rifle; rock; rope; savages; sea; set; shore; terence; time; water; way; white; work; yards; yawl cache: 37652.txt plain text: 37652.txt item: #13 of 15 id: 40691 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Kidnapping in the Pacific; Or, The Adventures of Boas Ringdon A long four-part Yarn date: None words: 31394 flesch: 81 summary: We touched at several other islands in the neighbourhood, from which canoes full of natives came off towards us to learn who we were, and what we wanted. We picked up several men who had jumped overboard, and when we got alongside we found that fully a hundred had been secured. keywords: bill; board; boat; captain; chief; island; man; men; natives; people; round; shore; thought; time; vessel; water; way; wood cache: 40691.txt plain text: 40691.txt item: #14 of 15 id: 49637 author: Coxe, William title: Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America To which are added, the conquest of Siberia, and the history of the transactions and commerce between Russia and China date: None words: 84880 flesch: 72 summary: Near the shore were several small islands, between which and the land the ice was immovably fixed. Account of the _Russian_ and _Chinese_ settlements upon the confines of _Siberia_--description of the _Russian_ frontier town _Kiachta_--of the _Chinese_ frontier town _Maitmatschin_--its buildings, pagodas, &c. p. 211. keywords: account; aleĆ¼tian; america; bay; beering; chart; chinese; coast; crew; discoveries; distance; east; expedition; following; footnote; fox; fox islands; furs; glottoff; iii; inhabitants; islanders; islands; isles; kamtchatka; kiachta; korovin; longitude; men; mouth; natives; new; north; number; order; otters; persons; petersburg; place; rhubarb; river; russians; sea; ship; shore; siberia; sidenote; skins; steered; time; umnak; unalashka; versts; vessel; voyage; wind; winter; year cache: 49637.txt plain text: 49637.txt item: #15 of 15 id: 6897 author: Marryat, Frederick title: The Little Savage date: None words: 98448 flesch: 75 summary: Having rested myself sufficiently, I commenced my descent, which I accomplished in little less time than it took me to ascend from the other side. I had, of course, several times gone up the ravine, and now that my axe had become useful, I had gradually accumulated a large stock of wood down by the bathing-pool, more than I could use for a long while, as I seldom lighted a fire, but the cutting it was employment, and employment was to me a great source of happiness. keywords: bed; birds; boat; boy; cabin; captain; chapter; companion; day; father; fish; god; good; hand; head; island; jackson; left; life; long; man; mate; men; morning; mother; mrs; nero; night; place; pool; reichardt; rock; round; saw; sea; ship; things; thought; till; time; use; vessel; water; way cache: 6897.txt plain text: 6897.txt