The Rover Boys on Land and Sea

by Arthur M. Winfield

THE ROVER BOYS

ON LAND AND SEA

OR

THE CRUSOES OF SEVEN ISLANDS

BY

ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

(Edward Stratemeyer)

AUTHOR OF THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL, THE
ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN, THE PUTNAM
HALL SERIES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United Stales of America

BRINGING THE SHIP'S STORES ASHORE.—P. 223.

CONTENTS

---

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Rover Boys in San Francisco	1
II.	The Turning Up of Dan Baxter	10
III.	A Discovery and What Followed	19
IV.	Good Times at Santa Barbara	27
V.	On Board the Yacht	36
VI.	Adrift on the Pacific Ocean	45
VII.	Dismaying News	55
VIII.	From One Ship to Another	64
IX.	In Which the Enemy Is Cornered	73
X.	A Blow in the Darkness	82
XI.	A Call from the Stern	90
XII.	Another Accident at Sea	99
XIII.	The Crusoes of Seven Islands	108
XIV.	Settling Down on the Island	117
XV.	Another Castaway Brought to Light	126
XVI.	Sam and the Shark	135
XVII.	Exploring the Seven Islands	143
XVIII.	Unexpected Visitors	151
XIX.	Hot Words and Blows	159
XX.	The Mate Tries to Take Command	168
XXI.	The Attack on the Wreck	176
XXII.	A Heavy Tropical Storm	184
XXIII.	What Happened on the Bay	192
XXIV.	In Close Quarters	200
XXV.	Trying to Come to Terms	208
XXVI.	The Cave on the Island	217
XXVII.	A Fight with a Wild Beast	225
XXVIII.	The Mate Shows His Hand	234
XXIX.	The Burning of the Wreck	244
XXX.	The Defense of the Cave—saved!	255

INTRODUCTION.

My Dear Boys: "The Rover Boys on Land and Sea," is a complete story in itself, but forms the seventh volume of the "Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."

As I mentioned in a previous volume of this series, when I began this set of books I had in mind to write no more than three volumes, re lating the adventures of Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover, at home, at school, and elsewhere. But the publication of "The Rover Boys at School," "The Rover Boys on the Ocean," and "The Rover Boys in the Jungle," immediately called for more stories of the same sort, so year after year I have followed with "The Rover Boys out West," "The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes," "The Rover Boys in the Mountains," and now the volume before you, which relates the adventures of the three brothers, and some of their friends and enemies, on the sea and on a number of far away islands, where, for a time, all lead a sort of Robinson Crusoe life.

In writing this tale I had in mind not alone to please my young readers, but also to give them a fair picture of life on the ocean as it is to-day, in distinction to what it was years ago, and also to acquaint the boys and girls with some of the beauties of those mid-ocean lands which are generally so strange to all of us. The boys see much that is new, novel, and pleasing—new fruits, new flowers, new animals—and have often to use their wits to the utmost, to get themselves, out of serious difficulty and also to make themselves, and those under their protection, comfortable.

Once again I thank my young friends for the interest they have shown in my previous stories. I trust that all who peruse this volume will find it equally to their liking.

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

Edward Stratemeyer.