To Cuba And Back: (Richard Henry Dana Classics Collection) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508618133)

Throughout the day, sailing down the outer edge of the Gulf Stream, we see vessels of all forms and sizes, coming in sight and passing away, as in a dioramic show. There is a heavy cotton droger from the Gulf, of 1200 tons burden, under a cloud of sail, pressing on to the northern seas of New England or Old England. Here comes a saucy little Baltimore brig, close-hauled and leaning over to it; and there, half down in the horizon, is a pile of white canvas, which the experienced eyes of my two friends, the passenger shipmasters, pronounce to be a bark, outward bound. Every passenger says to every other, how beautiful how exquisite That pale thin girl who is going to Cuba for her health, her brother travelling with her, sits on the settee, propped by a pillow, and tries to smile and to think she feels stronger in this air. She says she shall stay in Cuba until she gets well

Author: Richard Henry Dana
ISBN-10: 1508618135
ISBN-13: 9781508618133
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/24/2015
Pages: 102
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21d