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UNIFORM EDITION


A Floating City

AND

THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS


BY
JULES VERNE


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ILLUSTRATED


NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1904

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ONE WOULD HAVE TAKEN HER FOR A SMALL ISLAND.

A Floating City 
The Blockade Runners 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  1. PAGE
  2. One would have taken her for a small Island
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    		Frontispiece
  3. Carpentering, Rigging, and Painting
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    		6
  4. Then began the slow interminable Ascent
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    		17
  5. Every Man at the capstan-bars was knocked down
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    		22
  6. Soon we came in sight of Queenstown
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    		29
  7. Captain Corsican and I bowed
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    		30
  8. When a body rolled at my feet
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    		40
  9. The waif was the hull of a ship
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    		49
  10. "They," said he, "are people from the Far West"
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    		56
  11. I often see them leaning over the railings of the engine-rooms
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    		61
  12. He made an angry gesture, which I arrested
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    		68
  13. "I see," said Dr. Pitferge
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    		76
  14. A fine-looking young fellow
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    		85
  15. His back rounded, and his head muffled in a hood
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    		91
  16. The Black Lady
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    		96
  17. He treated Drake with supreme contempt
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    		108
  18. Fabian went near to the cabin doors
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    		113
  19. One of the sailors lying unconscious
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    		122
  20. A troop of Minstrels
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    		130
  21. "Do you accept that blow?"
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    		132
  22. The Prayer for the Dead
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    		147
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  23. I remained on deck, watching the storm rise
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    		152
  24. A small schooner was signalled to starboard
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    		153
  25. I turned, and saw Ellen, pale as death
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    		162
  26. The fog cleared off
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    		174
  27. Nature has combined everything to astonish the eye
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    		179
  28. The Cataract falling before us
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    		187
  29. "Fabian! Fabian!" cried she, at last
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    		191
  30. She plunged into the Clyde
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    		199
  31. "The same," replied the Skipper
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    		208
  32. And soon disappeared
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    		213
  33. "Captain!" exclaimed he
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    		220
  34. Thank you, sir, thank you
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    		232
  35. He saw distinctly.
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    		235
  36. The Squall
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    		244
  37. Crockston was examining the horizon attentively
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    		246
  38. Miss Halliburtt was standing on the poop
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    		251
  39. "I promise you. Miss Jenny"
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    		260
  40. Mr. Halliburtt?
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    		271
  41. Jenny fell into her father's arms
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    		375
  42. He took the shell
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    		282
  43. "Well, Uncle Vincent"
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    		286


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