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CAPTAIN JOHN'S ADVENTURES
CAPTAIN JOHN'S ADVENTURES
OR
The Story of a Fatherless Boy
EDINBURGH & LONDON OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER
MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.
CAPTAIN JOHN'S ADVENTURES
THE FISHERMAN'S DWELLING--HOME MADE DESOLATE.
Richard Leddam was a poor man, who obtained a subsistence by toiling in all weathers in catching fish and oysters, which he sold to persons whose business it was to supply the city market. The village in which he lived was exposed on one side to the ocean waves, the other was washed by the calmer waters of a bay. Here a few families were induced to dwell, invited by the facilities for procuring fish.
Lonely as the village was, it was not an unpleasant spot; the grounds were shaded by fine trees, and the constant sea breeze rendered the atmosphere cool and healthy. On a little indenture of the shore, where the bay setting in formed a cove, stood the cabin of the fisherman. It was built of logs, and a sloping shed protected the house from winter storms and summer suns. Beneath this shelter were kept, when not in use, the fishing boat and the fishing tackle. Here too the family assembled in fine weather, and thence the anxious wife sent many a wishful glance, when expecting her husband's return.
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