Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MOTOR BOYS IN
STRANGE WATERS

Or

Lost in a Floating Forest

BY
CLARENCE YOUNG

Author of
“The Racer Boys Series” and “The Jack Ranger Series.”

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

BOOKS BY CLARENCE YOUNG

=THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES=

(_=Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of.=_)

12mo. Illustrated

THE MOTOR BOYS
Or Chums Through Thick and Thin
THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND
Or A Long Trip for Fun and Fortune
THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO
Or The Secret of the Buried City
THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS
Or The Hermit of Lost Lake
THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT
Or The Stirring Cruise of the Dartaway
THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC
Or The Mystery of the Lighthouse
THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS
Or Lost in a Floating Forest
THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC
Or The Young Derelict Hunters
THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS
Or A Trip for Fame and Fortune

=THE JACK RANGER SERIES=

12mo. Finely Illustrated

JACK RANGER’S SCHOOLDAYS
Or The Rivals of Washington Hall
JACK RANGER’S WESTERN TRIP
Or From Boarding School to Ranch and Range
JACK RANGER’S SCHOOL VICTORIES
Or Track, Gridiron and Diamond
JACK RANGER’S OCEAN CRUISE
Or The Wreck of the Polly Ann
JACK RANGER’S GUN CLUB
Or From Schoolroom to Camp and Trail

Copyright, 1909, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. NODDY’S COCOANUT PLANTATION 1
II. PROFESSOR SNODGRASS ARRIVES 9
III. OFF FOR FLORIDA 22
IV. THE GIANT TURTLE 35
V. THE PROFESSOR’S TRICK 43
VI. BOB GETS A SCARE 50
VII. KILLING A MANATEE 59
VIII. A MISFORTUNE 69
IX. NEWS OF NODDY 77
X. AFLOAT ONCE MORE 84
XI. THE HOUSEBOAT 92
XII. JERRY IS HURT 100
XIII. THE SEMINOLE CHIEF 109
XIV. CAUGHT IN SAW GRASS 118
XV. THE BIG SNAKE 126
XVI. AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER 134
XVII. INTO A STRANGE LAKE 142
XVIII. THE WANDERER AGAIN 152
XIX. A PLOT FOILED 159
XX. BOB TAKEN ILL 168
XXI. JERRY SEEKS AID 175
XXII. THE RECEDING WATER 183
XXIII. THE PROFESSOR RETURNS 191
XXIV. IN THE FLOATING FOREST 199
XXV. A CRY FOR HELP 207
XXVI. THE PLIGHT OF THE GIRLS 215
XXVII. OTTIBY TO THE RESCUE 221
XXVIII. THE HURRICANE 229
XXIX. NODDY’S DANGER 234
XXX. THE BUTTERFLIES--CONCLUSION 242

THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS