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Title: The Battle of the Bays
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The Battle of the Bays.
THE BATTLE
OF
THE BAYS
BY OWEN SEAMAN
JOHN LANE
THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON & NEW YORK
1902
Copyright in the United States.
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CONTENTS.
I. THE BATTLE OF THE BAYS.
1.
A SONG OF RENUNCIATION.
(AFTER A. C. S.)
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