Excerpt from The Story of Hedley Vicars: The Christian Soldier The 97th was ordered to Corfu, an island off the west coast of Turkey. The voyage out was a de lightful one, much more pleasant than sailing across the broad Atlantic, when for weeks there would have been nothing in sight but a wide expanse of heaving water. The weather was fine, and after passing through the boisterous Bay of Biscay, which happened to be in a calmer mood than usual, the grand Rock of Gibraltar came in sight, and ushered the voyagers into the beautiful Mediterranean, crowded with the craft of many nations. Every day was full of delight to Hedley, for there was always something fresh to be seen; and then, unlike many young fellows of his age, he found almost as much pleasure in beautiful scenery as in exciting adventure. Besides, he never cared to be idle, and was always ready to give the sailors a helping hand, though, no doubt, occasionally making some foolish blunders, and. Be traying his ignorance of seafaring ways. 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.