THE PEARL DIVERS
AND CRUSOES OF THE
SARGASSO SEA
BY GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M. (SURGEON ROYAL NAVY)
AUTHOR OF
“THE CRUISE OF THE ROVER CARAVAN,” “FROM PLOUGHSHARE TO PULPIT,”
“THE CRUISE OF THE SNOWBIRD,” “FOR ENGLAND HOME
AND BEAUTY,” ETC., ETC.
“And when the wind and storm had done,
A ship that had rode out the gale
Sank down without a signal gun,
And none was left to tell the tale.
“Peace be with those whose graves are made
Beneath the bright and silver sea.”
Longfellow.
Birmingham:
ELD & BLACKHAM,
63, 64, 65, Moor Street.
TO
MY COUSIN NELLIE
WIFE OF DR. JOHN ROBERTSON
OF ABERDEEN
This Book
IS
DEDICATED WITH EVERY KINDLY WISH
BY
THE AUTHOR
A WORD TO MY BOY READERS
“My soul is full of longing
For the secret of the sea,
And the heart of the great ocean
Sends a thrilling pulse through me.”