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Title: Tales of the Fish Patrol

Author: Jack London

Illustrator: George Varian

Release Date: May 5, 2009 [EBook #28693]

Language: English

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TALES OF THE FISH
PATROL

BY
JACK LONDON

AUTHOR OF "THE SEA-WOLF," "PEOPLE OF THE
ABYSS," "THE CALL OF THE WILD," ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GEORGE VARIAN_

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1905

_All rights reserved_

Copyright, 1905,
By PERRY MASON COMPANY.

Copyright, 1905,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1905. Reprinted December,
1905.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

[Illustration: "I put my hand to my hip pocket."]

WORKS OF JACK LONDON

THE GAME

THE SEA-WOLF

THE CALL OF THE WILD

THE CHILDREN OF THE FROST

PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS

THE FAITH OF MEN AND OTHER STORIES

WAR OF THE CLASSES

THE KEMPTON-WACE LETTERS

TALES OF THE FISH PATROL

PUBLISHED BY
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Contents

PAGE

I. White and Yellow 9

II. The King of the Greeks 39

III. A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 71

IV. The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" 103

V. Charley's Coup 139

VI. Demetrios Contos 175

VII. Yellow Handkerchief 209

Illustrations

"I put my hand to my hip pocket" _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Map 11

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