Length10h 17m
About this audiobook
(Excerpt): "A solitary horseman—a youth in early manhood—riding at a snail's pace over the great plains, or karroo, of South Africa. His chin on his breast; his hands in the pockets of an old shooting-coat; his legs in ragged trousers, and his feet in worn-out boots. Regardless of stirrups, the last are dangling. The reins hang on the neck of his steed, whose head may be said to dangle from its shoulders, so nearly does its nose approach the ground. A felt hat covers the youth's curly black head, and a double-barrelled gun is slung across his broad shoulders. We present this picture to the reader as a subject of contemplation. It was in the first quarter of the present century that the youth referred to—Charlie Considine by name—rode thus meditatively over that South African karroo. His depression was evidently not due to lack of spirit, for, when he suddenly awoke from his reverie, drew himself up and shook back his hair, his dark eyes opened with something like a flash. They lost some of their fire, however, as he gazed round on the hot plain which undulated like the great ocean to the horizon, where a line of blue indicated mountains. The truth is that Charlie Considine was lost—utterly lost on the karroo! That his horse was in the same lost condition became apparent from its stopping without orders and looking round languidly with a sigh."
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length10 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1R.M. Ballantyne
2Chapter One.: The Wild Karroo.
3Chapter Two.: Introduces a Cape Dutchman and his Family, and Shows the Uncertainty of Human Plans.
4Chapter Three.: Describes the somewhat Curious Beginning of Settler-Life in South Africa.
5Chapter Four.: Further Particulars of “Settlers’ Town,” and a Start made for the Promised Land.
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6Chapter Five.: Adventures and Incidents of the First Night in the “Bush”.
7Chapter Six.: Spreading over the Land.
8Chapter Seven.: The “Location.”
9Chapter Eight.: Shows the Pleasures, Pains, and Penalties of Housekeeping in the Bush.
10Chapter Nine.: Off to the Highlands and Black Snakes in the Bush.
11Chapter Ten.: The Location on the River of Baboons.
12Chapter Eleven.: Explorations and Hunting Experiences.
13Chapter Twelve.: Gives some Account of a Great Lion-Hunt.
14Chapter Thirteen.: Adventure with an Ostrich.
15Chapter Fourteen.: The Bergenaars.
16Chapter Fifteen.: Treats of the Zuurveld again, and one or two Surprising Incidents.
17Chapter Sixteen.: The Great Floods of 1823.
18Chapter Seventeen.: Treats of Hopes, Fears, and Prospects, besides describing a Peculiar Battle.
19Chapter Eighteen.: Fairs, Fights, Free-Trade, Factions, and other Matters.
20Chapter Nineteen.: Describes a Series of Early Risings.
21Chapter Twenty.: Treats of the Delights, Dangers, and Distresses of the Wilderness.
22Chapter Twenty One.: Treats of Matters too Numerous and Stirring to be briefly referred to.
23Chapter Twenty Two.: Tells of Dark and Threatening Clouds, and War.
24Chapter Twenty Three.: War.
25Chapter Twenty Four.: Shows what befell a Trader and an Emigrant Band.
26Chapter Twenty Five.: Treats of Various Strange Incidents, some Interesting Matters, and a Rescue.
27Chapter Twenty Six.: Relates Incidents of the War and a Great Deliverance.
28Chapter Twenty Seven.: The Fate of the Paramount Chief of Kafirland.
29Chapter Twenty Eight.: The Results of War.
30Chapter Twenty Nine.
31The Last.
32The End.
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