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The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea
The narrative follows two main characters, Ben Brace and a young boy named William, as they navigate their survival after the disastrous sinking of the slave ship "Pandora".
"The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel. The narrative follows two main characters, Ben Brace and a young boy named William, as they navigate their survival after the disastrous sinking of the slave ship "Pandora".
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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.
Slight as is the structure, it is occupied by two individuals,—a man and a boy. The latter is lying along the folds of the sail-cloth, apparently asleep. The man stands erect, with his hand to his forehead, shading the sun from his eyes, and scanning the surface of the sea with inquiring glances.
At his feet, lying among the creases of the canvas, are a handspike, a pair of boat oars, and an axe. Nothing more is perceptible of the raft, even to the keen eye of the albatross.
The bird continues its flight towards the west. Ten miles farther on it once more poises itself on soaring wing, and directs its glance downward.
Contents
- 01The Albatross.
- 02Chapter Two.
- 03Ship on Fire.
- 04Chapter Three.
- 05The Lord’s Prayer.
- 06Chapter Four.
- 07Hunger.—Despair.
- 08Chapter Five.
- 09Faith.—Hope.
- 10Chapter Six.
- 11Flying-Fish.
- 12Chapter Seven.
- 13A Cheering Cloud.
- 14Chapter Eight.
- 15A Canvas Tank.
- 16Chapter Nine.
- 17A Pleasant Shower-Bath.
- 18Chapter Ten.
- 19The Pilot-Fish.
- 20Chapter Eleven.
- 21A Lenten Dinner.
- 22Chapter Twelve.
- 23Flensing a Shark.
- 24Chapter Thirteen.
- 25The Sucking-Fish.
- 26Chapter Fourteen.
- 27A Sail of Shark-Flesh.
- 28Chapter Fifteen.
- 29The Mysterious Voice.
- 30Chapter Sixteen.
- 31Other Waifs.
- 32Chapter Seventeen.
- 33How Snowball escaped from the Slaver.
- 34Chapter Eighteen.
- 35Snowball amid the Drift.
- 36Chapter Nineteen.
- 37Snowball at Sea on a Hencoop.
- 38Chapter Twenty.
- 39The Flash of Lightning.
- 40Chapter Twenty One.
- 41To the Oars.
- 42Chapter Twenty Two.
- 43Ship Ahoy!
- 44Chapter Twenty Three.
- 45The Rafts en Rapport.
- 46Chapter Twenty Four.
- 47Reconstructing the Raft.
- 48Chapter Twenty Five.
- 49The Catamaran.
- 50Chapter Twenty Six.
- 51Little William and Lilly Lalee.
- 52Chapter Twenty Seven.
- 53Too Late!
- 54Chapter Twenty Eight.
- 55“Overboard!”
- 56Chapter Twenty Nine.
- 57Saved!
- 58Chapter Thirty.
- 59The Zygaena.
- 60Chapter Thirty One.
About this edition
- Author
- Mayne Reid
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 430 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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