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Christmas on the briny

Chapter 1: Christmas on the Briny. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD.
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A first-person travel account recounts a holiday sea cruise from a coastal town to a remote island group around Christmas, blending scene-by-scene narration of sailing, weather, meals and shipboard conversation with descriptive natural observation. The party navigates bays and reefs, copes with becalmed stretches and sudden breezes, shares anecdotes and modest mishaps, and sleeps on deck under stars. Close-up island descriptions include coral banks, rocky islets and guano workings, and the narrative alternates practical details of small-boat seamanship with reflections on landscape, maritime history and social banter among companions.

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Title: Christmas on the briny

The innocents abroad; or, A holiday trip to the Abrolhos Islands

Author: W. Bede Christie

Release date: April 7, 2018 [eBook #56937]

Language: English

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Christmas on the Briny.

THE
INNOCENTS
ABROAD.

.   .   OR  .   .

A Holiday Trip to the Abrolhos
Islands.

By W. B. CHRISTIE.

1909.

Constantine and Gardner,
Printers.