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The Motor Boys in Strange Waters
or, Lost in a Floating Forest
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The Motor Boys in Strange Waters or, Lost in a Floating Forest

بقلم Young Clarence

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THE MOTOR BOYS IN
STRANGE WATERS

Or

Lost in a Floating Forest

BY

CLARENCE YOUNG

Author of
“The Racer Boys Series” and “The Jack Ranger Series.”

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY


BOOKS BY CLARENCE YOUNG


THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES

(Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of.)

12mo. Illustrated

THE MOTOR BOYS
Or Chums Through Thick and Thin

THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND
Or A Long Trip for Fun and Fortune

THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO
Or The Secret of the Buried City

THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS
Or The Hermit of Lost Lake

THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT
Or The Stirring Cruise of the Dartaway

THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC
Or The Mystery of the Lighthouse

THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS
Or Lost in a Floating Forest

THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC
Or The Young Derelict Hunters

THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS
Or A Trip for Fame and Fortune

THE JACK RANGER SERIES

12mo. Finely Illustrated

JACK RANGER’S SCHOOLDAYS
Or The Rivals of Washington Hall

JACK RANGER’S WESTERN TRIP
Or From Boarding School to Ranch and Range

JACK RANGER’S SCHOOL VICTORIES
Or Track, Gridiron and Diamond

JACK RANGER’S OCEAN CRUISE
Or The Wreck of the Polly Ann

JACK RANGER’S GUN CLUB
Or From Schoolroom to Camp and Trail

Copyright, 1909, by
Cupples & Leon Company


The Motor Boys in Strange Waters

Printed in U. S. A.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I. Noddy’s Cocoanut Plantation 1 II. Professor Snodgrass Arrives 9 III. Off for Florida 22 IV. The Giant Turtle 35 V. The Professor’s Trick 43 VI.
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class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Bob Gets a Scare 50 VII. Killing a Manatee 59 VIII. A Misfortune 69 IX. News of Noddy 77 X. Afloat Once More 84 XI. The Houseboat 92 XII. Jerry Is Hurt 100 XIII. The Seminole Chief 109 XIV. Caught in Saw Grass 118 XV. The Big Snake 126 XVI. An Unexpected Encounter 134 XVII. Into a Strange Lake 142 XVIII. The Wanderer Again 152 XIX. A Plot Foiled 159 XX. Bob Taken Ill 168 XXI. Jerry Seeks Aid 175 XXII.
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@44951@[email protected]#CHAPTER_XXII" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">The Receding Water 183 XXIII. The Professor Returns 191 XXIV. In the Floating Forest 199 XXV. A Cry for Help 207 XXVI. The Plight of the Girls 215 XXVII. Ottiby to the Rescue 221 XXVIII. The Hurricane 229 XXIX. Noddy’s Danger 234 XXX. The Butterflies—Conclusion 242

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE CREATURE WAS LASHING ABOUT IN A DEATH STRUGGLE THE TURTLE KEPT TURNING TO REACH THE MEAT THERE WAS A CONFUSED TANGLE OF MAN AND SNAKE ON THE GROUND NODDY GAVE ONE LOOK AT THE WRITHING SAURIAN