{"product_id":"2940013654877","title":"A Chapter of Adventures","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAP.                                     Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I. A FISHING VILLAGE                     5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     II. CAUGHT BY THE TIDE                   15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    III. A RUN FROM HARWICH                   27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IV. THE WRECK                            37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      V. THE RESCUE                           46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VI. ALTERED PROSPECTS                    57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VII. ON BOARD THE _WILD WAVE_        69\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VIII. ALEXANDRIA                           78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IX. THE RIOT IN ALEXANDRIA               89\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      X. PRISONERS                            99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XI. THE BOMBARDMENT                     110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XII. FREE                                120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIII. AMONG FRIENDS                       131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIV. A SET OF RASCALS                    143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XV. A THREATENING SKY                   153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVI. OLD JOE'S YARN                      163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVII. IN DANGEROUS SEAS                   180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. A CYCLONE                           191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIX. CAST ASHORE                         201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA FISHING VILLAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOF the tens of thousands of excursionists who every summer travel down\u003cbr\u003eby rail to Southend, there are few indeed who stop at Leigh, or who,\u003cbr\u003eonce at Southend, take the trouble to walk three miles along the shore\u003cbr\u003eto the fishing village. It may be doubted, indeed, whether along the\u003cbr\u003ewhole stretch of coastline from Plymouth to Yarmouth there is a village\u003cbr\u003ethat has been so completely overlooked by the world. Other places,\u003cbr\u003ewithout a tithe of its beauty of position, or the attraction afforded by\u003cbr\u003eits unrivalled view over the Thames, from Gravesend to Warden Point,\u003cbr\u003eever alive with ships passing up and down, have grown from fishing\u003cbr\u003ehamlets to fashionable watering-places; while Leigh remains, or at any\u003cbr\u003erate remained at the time this story opens, ten years ago, as unchanged\u003cbr\u003eand unaltered as if, instead of being but an hour's run from London, it\u003cbr\u003elay far north in Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts hill rises steeply behind it; there is room only for the street\u003cbr\u003ebetween the railway and the wharves, and for a single row of houses\u003cbr\u003ebetween the line and the foot of the hill. To get into Leigh from the\u003cbr\u003ecountry round it is necessary to descend by a steep road that winds down\u003cbr\u003efrom the church at the top of the hill; to get out again you must go by\u003cbr\u003ethe same way. The population is composed solely of fishermen, their\u003cbr\u003efamilies, and the shopkeepers who supply their necessities. The men who\u003cbr\u003estand in groups in the street and on the wharf are all clad in blue\u003cbr\u003eguernseys or duck smocks and trousers of pilot cloth or canvas.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179678875888,"sku":"2940013654877","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013654877_p0.jpg?v=1763583822","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013654877","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}