Project Gutenberg 2020-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 218 Russell, William Clark 1844 1911 Russell, W. Clark (William Clark) Round the Galley Fire A dance at sea -- Going aloft -- A trick at the wheel -- The bailiff at sea -- Off the horn -- A strange chase -- A salvage job -- A Channel incident -- Loss of a smack's crew -- Fire at sea -- Sea-sickness -- A log extract -- In an open boat -- Waiting for a ship -- Skippers' wives at sea -- Sea songs -- An hour's row -- The pleasures of yachting -- A drunken ship -- A sailor's club -- The perils of humanity -- Smack apprentices -- Gravesend -- A chat with a fisherman -- A fourpenny voyage -- Poor Jack -- On the Goodwins -- The Strangers' Home. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Round the Galley Fire" by W. Clark Russell is a collection of maritime stories written in the late 19th century. The book compiles entertaining yarns recounted by a narrator who invites readers into the cozy atmosphere of shipboard life, filled with sailors' adventures, mishaps, and the captivating allure of the sea. The opening of the book sets a vivid scene aboard an Australian passenger ship becalmed in the tropics. As passengers from different backgrounds abandon their usual decorum to celebrate the birthday of a young lady with a dance, the narrative paints a rich tableau of ship life, punctuated with laughter, music, and the contrasting solitude of the vast ocean. Amid the festivities, the tranquility is tinged with the melancholy notion of the ship being a mere speck amidst the infinite sea, foreshadowing the unpredictable adventures that sailors face. As the evening progresses, the situation on deck evolves, allowing for a taste of both joy and the looming presence of nature's unpredictability. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English fiction -- 19th century Sea stories, English PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Adventure 592708 2025-07-24T12:11:31.212394 text/html 574589 2024-10-17T17:13:08 text/html 288938 2025-07-24T12:11:37.807380 application/epub+zip 293867 2025-07-24T12:11:32.319378 application/epub+zip 288002 2025-07-24T12:11:31.761368 application/epub+zip 461260 2025-07-24T12:11:42.395338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405152 2025-07-24T12:11:37.233369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399189 2022-09-27T21:57:18.104038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549286 2025-07-24T12:11:30.493363 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 529394 2024-10-17T17:13:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16897 2025-07-24T12:11:42.535336 application/rdf+xml 21006 2025-07-24T12:11:31.843406 image/jpeg 2596 2025-07-24T12:11:31.802374 image/jpeg 269459 2025-07-24T12:11:31.262390 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia