[Illustration: THE CREATURE WAS LASHING ABOUT IN A DEATH STRUGGLE] 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 CHAPTER I