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THE SEA SCOUTS
OF
THE KESTREL
The Story of a Cruise of Adventure & Pluck in
a Small Yacht on the English
Channel
By
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Author of
“Clipped Wings,” “Sea Scouts Abroad,” “The
Sea Monarch,” “Under the White
Ensign,” &c. &c.
With Coloured Illustrations
London
Seeley, Service & Co. Limited
196 Shaftesbury Avenue
Printed in Great Britain at
The Mayflower Press, Plymouth. William Brendon & Son, Ltd.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
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Knocked Out17
CHAPTER II
The Mascot28
CHAPTER III
An All-night Watch36
CHAPTER IV
Investigations44
CHAPTER V
Adrift51
CHAPTER VI
In the Fog57
CHAPTER VII
The Derelict70
CHAPTER VIII
The Man they Rescued79
CHAPTER IX
What Marner Revealed87
CHAPTER X
Blueskin’s Plot96
CHAPTER XI
How it Failed101
CHAPTER XII
Out of Action111
CHAPTER XIII
The Stowaway117
CHAPTER XIV
The Peril of the Race130
CHAPTER XV
“To be Returned in Due Course”142
CHAPTER XVI
The “Kestrel” to the Rescue150
CHAPTER XVII
Becalmed159
CHAPTER XVIII
The Admiral168
CHAPTER XIX
The Convict177
CHAPTER XX
The Last Lap191
CHAPTER XXI
The Eve of the Jamboree204
CHAPTER XXII
The Race for the Cup211
CHAPTER XXIII
A Dead Heat223
CHAPTER XXIV
Snatched from the Deep232
CHAPTER XXV
Home Again245
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
In the Toils of the Dreaded RaceFrontispiece
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A Cowardly Deed and a Plucky Rescue24
An Unwelcome Visitor184
Returning Good for Evil240
THE
SEA SCOUTS OF THE “KESTREL”
The Sea Scouts of the
“Kestrel”