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THE SCOUTS OF SEAL ISLAND

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[Illustration: "They landed safely on the lee side of the stone pier."—Page 132.]

THE SCOUTS OF
SEAL ISLAND

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

AUTHOR OF
"SEA SCOUTS OF THE PETREL'"
"THE SEA MONARCH" ETC.

With eight Illustrations in Colour by
ERNEST PRATER

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First Published in 1913
This Edition published in 1922
Reprinted in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1930

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