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Dorymates: A Tale of the Fishing Banks

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS.
By Kirk Munroe
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A rescued waif from a wreck is taken aboard fishing vessels and comes of age amid life on the banks. The narrative interweaves vivid descriptions of seine and trawl work with dramatic sea hazards — storms, ice entrapment, whale encounters, and a monstrous devil-fish — along with episodes of kidnapping, rescue, fogbound navigation, and voyages to northern coasts. Encounters with a steam yacht, geysers, and remote communities broaden the setting, while discoveries about the boy’s origins lead toward homecoming. The account emphasizes courage, loyalty, practical seamanship, and the close bonds formed among those who make their living at sea.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE LITTLE FELLOW SMILED IN THE WEATHER-BEATEN FACE Frontispiece.
 
“I CAME TO YOU FROM THE SEA,” HE SAID, PATTING HER THIN CHEEKS Faces page 28
 
“SEEMS TO ME I WOULDN’T FEEL SO BAD ABOUT IT IF I WAS YOU”    ”      ” 44
 
“THAT GENTLEMAN THERE REFUSES TO RETURN A GOLD BALL AND CHAIN THAT I HANDED HIM FOR EXAMINATION”    ”     ” 52
 
IN ANOTHER MOMENT IT FLASHES FULL IN THE WHITE FACES OF BREEZE McCLOUD AND HIS COMPANIONS    ”     ” 68
 
“YOU’RE CRAZY, LAD! YOU CAN’T LIVE A MINUTE IN SUCH A SEA”    ”     ” 90
 
THERE WAS A LONG, FIRM HAND-CLASP BETWEEN THEM    ”     ” 98
 
“QUICK, NOW! LET’S GET HIM ABOARD THIS SCHOONER”    ”     ” 116
 
A LARGE WHALE ROSE TO THE SURFACE TO BLOW    ”     ” 140
 
IN A MINUTE MORE THEY HAD SNATCHED THE BUOY FROM THE ICE-RAFT    ”     ” 150
 
AND THE TWO ATHLETIC YOUNG FELLOWS DREW THE ALMOST HELPLESS FORM OF THEIR SHIPMATE SLOWLY BUT STEADILY TO WHERE THEY STOOD    ”     ” 166
 
“BLOW, SONNY, BLOW!” CRIED ONE OF THE MEN    ”     ” 174
 
NOT A HUMAN BEING WAS TO BE SEEN ON BOARD OF HER, NOR DID THEIR HAIL RECEIVE ANY ANSWER    ”     ” 198#
 
“ME AN’ DE CAP’N, WE’S BEEN HABIN’ A MONS’ROUS HARD TIME”    ”     ” 204
 
“BLESS MY SOUL, IF IT ISN’T BREEZE McCLOUD!”    ”     ” 238
 
NIMBUS, RAISING HIM CLEAR OF THE DECK, HELD HIM AT ARM’S-LENGTH ABOVE HIS HEAD    ”     ” 242
 
MATEO, WITH A HOWL OF DISMAY, HAD DARTED FORWARD AND VANISHED IN THE FORECASTLE; WHILE NIMBUS, WITH A YELL OF AFFRIGHT, HAD ROLLED AFT    ”     ” 260
 
THE FIRST VIEW OF ICELAND    ”     ” 266
 
THE YACHT CAME DIRECTLY TOWARDS THEM    ”     ” 288
 
BREEZE’S WELCOME TO THE ”SAGA”    ”     ” 292
 
“YOU OUGHT TO HAVE WORN A DIVING SUIT, NIMBUS,”
SAID BREEZE    ”     ” 310
 
THOSE ON BOARD THE GREAT STEAMER GAZED WITH ADMIRATION AT THE DAINTY YACHT    ”     ” 326
 
BREEZE STARED IN AMAZEMENT AT WOLFE’S MOTHER    ”     ” 332
 
BREEZE’S WELCOME HOME    ”     ” 350
Do you carry a dory, captain?
Do you carry a dory on your deck?
Manned by two bold fishermen,
To save a life or board a wreck.
Landsmen cry, “Man the life-boat!” captain,
“Man the life-boat off our coast!”
But, captain, man the dory,
The fisherman’s glory,
The Banker’s pride and boast.
By the B. H. M.
DORYMATES:
A STORY OF THE FISHING BANKS.