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Title: The Motor Boys in Strange Waters; or, Lost in a Floating Forest

Author: Clarence Young

Illustrator: Charles Nuttall

Release date: February 17, 2014 [eBook #44951]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS; OR, LOST IN A FLOATING FOREST ***

THE CREATURE WAS LASHING ABOUT IN A DEATH STRUGGLE

THE MOTOR BOYS IN
STRANGE WATERS

Or

Lost in a Floating Forest

BY

CLARENCE YOUNG

Author of
“The Racer Boys Series” and “The Jack Ranger Series.”

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY


BOOKS BY CLARENCE YOUNG


THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES

(Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of.)

12mo. Illustrated

THE MOTOR BOYS
Or Chums Through Thick and Thin

THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND
Or A Long Trip for Fun and Fortune

THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO
Or The Secret of the Buried City

THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS
Or The Hermit of Lost Lake

THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT
Or The Stirring Cruise of the Dartaway

THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC
Or The Mystery of the Lighthouse

THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS
Or Lost in a Floating Forest

THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC
Or The Young Derelict Hunters

THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS
Or A Trip for Fame and Fortune

THE JACK RANGER SERIES

12mo. Finely Illustrated

JACK RANGER’S SCHOOLDAYS
Or The Rivals of Washington Hall

JACK RANGER’S WESTERN TRIP
Or From Boarding School to Ranch and Range

JACK RANGER’S SCHOOL VICTORIES
Or Track, Gridiron and Diamond

JACK RANGER’S OCEAN CRUISE
Or The Wreck of the Polly Ann

JACK RANGER’S GUN CLUB
Or From Schoolroom to Camp and Trail

Copyright, 1909, by
Cupples & Leon Company


The Motor Boys in Strange Waters

Printed in U. S. A.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Noddy’s Cocoanut Plantation 1
II. Professor Snodgrass Arrives 9
III. Off for Florida 22
IV. The Giant Turtle 35
V. The Professor’s Trick 43
VI. Bob Gets a Scare 50
VII. Killing a Manatee 59
VIII. A Misfortune 69
IX. News of Noddy 77
X. Afloat Once More 84
XI. The Houseboat 92
XII. Jerry Is Hurt 100
XIII. The Seminole Chief 109
XIV. Caught in Saw Grass 118
XV. The Big Snake 126
XVI. An Unexpected Encounter 134
XVII. Into a Strange Lake 142
XVIII. The Wanderer Again 152
XIX. A Plot Foiled 159
XX. Bob Taken Ill 168
XXI. Jerry Seeks Aid 175
XXII. The Receding Water 183
XXIII. The Professor Returns 191
XXIV. In the Floating Forest 199
XXV. A Cry for Help 207
XXVI. The Plight of the Girls 215
XXVII. Ottiby to the Rescue 221
XXVIII. The Hurricane 229
XXIX. Noddy’s Danger 234
XXX. The Butterflies—Conclusion 242

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE CREATURE WAS LASHING ABOUT IN A DEATH STRUGGLE
THE TURTLE KEPT TURNING TO REACH THE MEAT
THERE WAS A CONFUSED TANGLE OF MAN AND SNAKE ON THE GROUND
NODDY GAVE ONE LOOK AT THE WRITHING SAURIAN