02156cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500270014824600270017526400510020230000470025333600260030033700260032633800360035250000310038850800140041952010840043353400550151765300390157265300320161165300360164365300300167970000230170985600430173299900190177577070UtSlPG20260610134803.0mcr n260607r20251900utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aKnight, Arthur Lee,d1852-194414aThe mid of the maintop1 aThe mid o' the maintop 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-10-17  aAl Haines  a"The mid of the maintop by Arthur Lee Knight" is a juvenile naval adventure story from the late 19th century Victorian era. Set during British anti-slavery patrols off East Africa, it centers on courage, seamanship, and duty as a frigate’s crew hunts slavers and faces peril ashore and afloat.  The story opens with H.M.S. Forte in a storm, where midshipman Jack Villiers is swept overboard and presumed dead. Later, a cutter under young Thring discovers a dhow in the Joo-joo river and, after a rough boarding fight, learns Jack is alive but carried inland by Arab slavers. The frigate launches a naval brigade that storms a fortified village ruled by Sooltan Shah, blasting the gate and fighting hand-to-hand while their officer is wounded. Meanwhile, Jack frees himself by cunning, tunnels out of his hut, hides in a tree, and escapes by canoe downriver. He reunites with the boats as the force withdraws, and the tale closes on fellowship restored after brisk action, narrow escapes, and the disruption of the slavers’ trade. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Ernest Nister, 1900  aSeafaring life -- Juvenile fiction  aSailors -- Juvenile fiction  aSlave trade -- Juvenile fiction  aArabs -- Juvenile fiction1 aRobinson, Hilda K.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77070  c117794d117794