This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...in a solitary spot among the mountains. It was as bleak and desolate a place as was to be found anywhere in the whole of that dreary country. Not a tree, nor a flower, nor even a clump of gorse, was to be seen; nothing but the bare hillside and huge masses of black stone. Jack felt his heart fail him more and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...in a solitary spot among the mountains. It was as bleak and desolate a place as was to be found anywhere in the whole of that dreary country. Not a tree, nor a flower, nor even a clump of gorse, was to be seen; nothing but the bare hillside and huge masses of black stone. Jack felt his heart fail him more and more as he went on; but he had resolved that he would not turn back, and at last he found himself in front of the castle in which Redbeard lived. It was scarcely like a castle, though, after all. It was more like a great pile of rocks, which somebody had taken a great deal of trouble to shape into the likeness of one. There was neither door, nor chimney, nor window that Jack could see--none, at all events, in the front which faced him; and he found it impossible to go round to the back or sides of the castle, because a wall of rock rose perpendicularly on either side, which was too high for him to climb over. Jack, however, who was a brave lad, determined that, as he had come so far, he would not go away without having effected his purpose. He tried to scramble up the front of the castle itself, which was carved into all manner of strange devices, and by dint of great exertion at length reached the top. But he had scarcely done so, when he trod upon a hole, which had been concealed by grass and shrubs, and fell through into a cavern which lay beneath. He lay stunned for a long time, for the height from which he had fallen was considerable. It was lucky for him that the floor of the cave was of soft sand, or ho would certainly have broken his neck. It was so dark that he could not discern the smallest glimmer; and Jack was so tired with his long walk, and so shaken by the fall, that he was glad to lie quiet. Presently a dim light began to...
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