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Excerpt from Launching Away: Or, Roger Larhsway's Strange Mission
The sun was just sinking beyond the lofty range of blue mountains, when the stock of the Galatea's starboard anchor rose above water; at the same time the screw began to revolve, and the people cheered as heartily as ever British voices were heard in all time. His Royal Highness waved his cap, to signify Farewell! And then the brass band on board his ship struck up, in slow time, that sweetly simple little tune, Home, sweet home! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
