# Adrift in a Boat

Author: Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880

Genre: Category: Adventure

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23048

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Adrift+in+a+Boat+Kingston&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Few parts of the shores of old England present more beautiful and romantic scenery than is to be found on the coast of Cornwall. There are deep bays, and bold headlands, and wild rocks, and lofty cliffs, and wooded heights, and bare downs, and yellow sands full of the most minute and delicate shells, so delicate that it is surprising how they could have existed in the rough and boisterous ocean, and been cast up whole from the depths below. In one of those beautiful bays, many years ago, a large party was collected, on a bright afternoon in the early part of autumn. Among the party were persons of all ages, but most of them were young, and all were apparently very busy. Some were engaged...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/adrift-in-a-boat-23048/chapters/12/index.md)