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(Excerpt): "In the year of our Lord 18—, I was delighted one morning by receiving a letter from my father, who was captain and owner of the brig Petrel, telling me that he had arrived safely at Bristol with a valuable cargo, and that both he and my brother Willie, who was second mate of the Petrel, were well. The letter went on to say that my father had decided on taking me to sea with him, and had written to my schoolmaster, the Rev. Stephen Poynter of Clifton, to announce his intention. The letter also said that in two days' time Willie would come to take me away from school, and that I was to have everything ready for starting when he came."
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GenreTravel
Length7 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 11, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1LIST OF ILLUSTRATION
15CHAPTER XIV. WORSE THAN DEATH.
2CHAPTER I. LEAVING SCHOOL.
16CHAPTER XV. ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE.
3CHAPTER II. OFF TO SEA.
17CHAPTER XVI. FRIENDLY ARABS.
4CHAPTER III. UNPLEASANT NEWS.
18CHAPTER XVII. A NATIVE COUNCIL.
5CHAPTER IV. ROBBERY AND DESERTION.
19CHAPTER XVIII. PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE.
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6CHAPTER V. A RUN ASHORE.
20CHAPTER XIX. A FIERCE FIGHT.
7CHAPTER VI. TAKEN PRISONER.
21CHAPTER XX. AT NYANGWE.
8CHAPTER VII. AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
22CHAPTER XXI. DEPARTURE FOR THE COAST.
9CHAPTER VIII. ESCAPE FROM THE SLAVE-SHIP.
23CHAPTER XXII. SPEARING HIPPOPOTAMI.
10CHAPTER IX. AMONG THE NATIVES.
24CHAPTER XXIII. TROUBLES WITH THE NATIVES.
11CHAPTER X. FETICHMEN.
25CHAPTER XXIV. ACROSS TANGANYIKA.
12CHAPTER XI. AN EXCITING JOURNEY.
26CHAPTER XXV. DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS.
13CHAPTER XII. IN THE INTERIOR.
27CHAPTER XXVI. A HAPPY ENDING.
14CHAPTER XIII. CAPTURED BY CANNIBALS.
