THE CORAL ISLAND Quote #1

The opening paragraph:"Roving has always been, and still is, my ruling passion, the joy of my heart, the very sunshine of my existence. In childhood, my boyhood, and in man's estate, I have been a rover; not a mere rambler among the woody glens and upon the hill-tops of my own native land, but an enthusiastic rover throughout the length and breadth of the wide, wide world." - R. M. Ballantyne The Coral Island