The Mainland (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Mainland The harpoon was only fitted with a light shark-line which, John knew, could not stand a great strain, so that he had to work very slowly and carefully. At last he had the stingaree on the surf, but now began the difficult part. The big pectoral fins could here get strong leverage on the sand, and every time that the boy hauled his fish through the surf the stingaree wrenched himself back, threatening to break the line. For half an hour the boy tugged in vain, then to his great delight he saw the black figure of Coffee in the distance. He shouted, and Coffee heard and came towards him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.