A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden

CHAPTER I.

DEPARTURE FROM GREENWICH--THE HISTORY OF THE IRIS YACHT--SHEERNESS--HARWICH--UNDER WEIGH--THE NORTH SEA--SAIL IN SIGHT--THE MAIL OVERBOARD--SPEAKING THE NORWEGIAN.

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