Peter Duck. Arthur Ransome

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       By the same author

      SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS

      SWALLOWDALE

      PETER DUCK

      WINTER HOLIDAY

      COOT CLUB

      PIGEON POST

      WE DIDN’T MEAN TO GO TO SEA

      SECRET WATER

      THE BIG SIX

      MISSEE LEE

      THE PICTS & THE MARTYRS

      GREAT NORTHERN?

      COOTS IN THE NORTH & OTHER STORIES

      RACUNDRA’S FIRST CRUISE

      ROD AND LINE (FISHING ESSAYS)

      OLD PETER’S RUSSIAN TALES

      THE WAR OF THE BIRDS & THE BEASTS

      THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR RANSOME

      (ed. Rupert Hart-Davis)

      ARTHUR RANSOME ON FISHING

      (introduced by Jeremy Swift)

      SIGNALLING FROM MARS: LETTERS

      (ed. Hugh Brogan)

      THE ADVENTURERS SET SAIL

       A Treasure Hunt in the Caribbees

      ARTHUR RANSOME

      Illustrated by the Author

       A Godine Storyteller

      DAVID R. GODINE · PUBLISHER

      BOSTON

       This is a Godine Storyteller

      published in 1987 by

      DAVID R. GODINE · Publisher

      Post Office Box 450

      Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452

       www.godine.com

      First Published in 1932 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.:

      revised edition published in 1983.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information contact Permissions, David R. Godine, Publisher, Fifteen Court Square, Suite 320, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.

      SOFTCOVER ISBN 978-1-56792-429-9

      EBOOK ISBN 978-1-56792-479-4

      LCCN 86-46247

      CONTENTS

       BOOK ONE

      I Quayside

      II Red-Haired Boy

      III Trial Trip

      IV Washing the Anchor

      V Peter Duck Spins His Yarn

      VI And Winds It Up

      VII Outward Bound

      VIII First Night at Sea

      IX Beachy Head to the Wight

      X Captain Flint’s Fidgets

      XI Words in the Dark

      XII Blind Man’s Bluff

      XIII Decision

      XIV Quit of the Viper

      XV Bill Finds His Place

      XVI The Madeiras at Dusk

       BOOK TWO

      XVII Trade Wind

      XVIII Land Ho!

      XIX Island Morning

      XX Blazed Trail

      XXI Duckhaven

      XXII Goodbye to the Wild Cat

      XXIII Swallow’s Voyage

      XXIV Diggers’ Camp

      XXV Diggers at Work