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The Ocean Waifs

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"The “vulture of the sea,” borne upon broad wing, and wandering over the wide Atlantic, suddenly suspends his flight to look down upon an object that has attracted his attention.

It is a raft, with a disc not much larger than a dining-table, constructed out of two small spars of a ship,—the dolphin-striker and spritsail yard,—with two broad planks and some narrower ones lashed crosswise, and over all two or three pieces of sail-cloth carelessly spread." So begins this adventure, both on land and on sea! (Summary adapted from chapter 1) (12 hr 41 min)

Chapters

The Albatross

5:13

Read by Anton

Ship on Fire

9:03

Read by Anton

The Lord's Prayer

8:26

Read by Anton

Hunger-Despair

6:10

Read by Anton

Faith-Hope

6:26

Read by Anton

Flying-Fish

8:42

Read by Deon Gines

A Cheering Cloud

6:17

Read by Deon Gines

A Canvas Tank

6:39

Read by Deon Gines

A Pleasant Shower-Bath

7:30

Read by Deon Gines

The Pilot-Fish

11:20

Read by Deon Gines

A Lenten Dinner

8:33

Read by Deon Gines

Flensing a Shark

8:17

Read by Deon Gines

The Sucking-Fish

7:29

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

A Sail of Shark-Flesh

6:05

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

The Mysterious Voice

8:24

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

Other Waifs

7:48

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

How Snowball Escaped From the Slaver

8:24

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

Snowball Amid the Drift

8:52

Read by Deon Gines

Snowball at Sea on a Hencoop

7:03

Read by Deon Gines

The Flashing of Lightning

6:44

Read by Deon Gines

To the Oars

7:18

Read by Deon Gines

Ship Ahoy!

8:41

Read by Deon Gines

The Rafts en Rapport

5:27

Read by Deon Gines

Reconstructing the Raft

7:18

Read by Deon Gines

The Catamaran

7:15

Read by Deon Gines

Little William and Lilly Lalee

6:27

Read by Vaughan McCarthy

Too Late!

9:16

Read by Vaughan McCarthy

'Overboard!'

7:20

Read by Vaughan McCarthy

Saved!

6:33

Read by Vaughan McCarthy

The Zygaena

10:45

Read by Vaughan McCarthy

Face to Face

5:41

Read by Kathrine Engan

A Ring Performance

8:15

Read by Kathrine Engan

The Chase of the Catamaran

8:52

Read by Deon Gines

The Sail out of Sight

6:35

Read by Deon Gines

Waiting for Death

6:53

Read by Doug Fajardo

A Chest at Sea

5:34

Read by Doug Fajardo

An Improvised Life-Preserver

5:15

Read by Doug Fajardo

Conjectures about the Catamaran

10:08

Read by Doug Fajardo

Down the Wind

6:43

Read by Doug Fajardo

Launching the Life-Preserver

8:02

Read by Doug Fajardo

A Lookout from Aloft

8:34

Read by Deon Gines

One More Aboard

7:15

Read by Deon Gines

Refitting the Raft

7:34

Read by Deon Gines

The Albacores

7:20

Read by Deon Gines

The Sword-Fish

4:52

Read by Jim Price

The Swordsman of the Sea

7:27

Read by Jim Price

Angling the Albacore

13:42

Read by Deon Gines

The Frigate-Bird

11:15

Read by Deon Gines

Between Two Tyrants

9:02

Read by Mike Pelton

Snowball Making a Somersault

5:54

Read by Mike Pelton

A Thrust Through and Through

6:39

Read by Edward Brecht

An Awkward Grip

9:26

Read by Mike Pelton

Gloomy Prospects

5:18

Read by Mike Pelton

Thanksgiving

10:55

Read by Deon Gines

Snowball Sees Land

5:35

Read by girix8

Is It Land?

9:57

Read by Bill Boerst

The King of the Cannibal Islands

7:19

Read by Deon Gines

Very Like a Whale

7:44

Read by Deon Gines

Aboard the Body of a Whale

5:35

Read by girix8

A Curious Cuisine

5:56

Read by Deon Gines

An Assembly of Sharks

5:51

Read by Deon Gines

A Dangerous Equilibrium

7:54

Read by Kathrine Engan

A Harpoon Well Handled

7:15

Read by Kathrine Engan

The Thick Waters

8:01

Read by Kathrine Engan

A Whale on Fire!

7:03

Read by Bill Boerst

The Big Raft

12:57

Read by girix8

A Crew of Cannibals

10:47

Read by Bill Boerst

The Lottery of Life and Death

12:18

Read by Deon Gines

A Challenge Declined

7:46

Read by Deon Gines

An Unexpected Termination

7:27

Read by Kathrine Engan

Le Gros on Trial

5:13

Read by Kathrine Engan

A Duel to the Death

5:27

Read by Bill Boerst

Hate Against Hate

11:39

Read by Kana McKay

A Light!

6:31

Read by Kana McKay

Towards the Beacon!

7:56

Read by Bill Boerst

A Double Darkness

6:04

Read by girix8

A Whispered Conspiracy

7:27

Read by Rachel

A Foul Deed Done in a Fog

6:17

Read by Kathrine Engan

Dousing the Glim

5:41

Read by Kathrine Engan

Suspicious Sounds

5:20

Read by Rachel

Unpleasant Conjectures

10:26

Read by girix8

An Informal Inquest

5:50

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

Slipping the Cable

6:45

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

The Chase

6:07

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

Nearer and Nearer

6:07

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

Cut in Twain

6:53

Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan

An Unlooked-for Deliverance

5:51

Read by ashleighjane

A Threatened Storm

11:33

Read by ashleighjane

A Startling Shriek

7:26

Read by Lynne T

A Madman in Mid-ocean

8:27

Read by Lynne T

The Insane Swimmer

6:05

Read by Lucy Perry

Boarding the Boat

6:34

Read by realisticspeakers

The Catamaran Abandoned

7:17

Read by realisticspeakers

A 'School' of Sperm-Whales

10:47

Read by Jules Hawryluk

Worse Off Than Ever

6:17

Read by BettyB

The Darkest Hour

6:37

Read by BettyB

A Cheering Cup

6:24

Read by BettyB

A Phantom Ship or a Ship on Fire?

7:30

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Whaler 'Trying Out'

8:00

Read by Jules Hawryluk

The End of the 'Yarn'

6:46

Read by Leejack