Two Sailor Lads: A Story Of Stirring Adventures On Sea And Land
By Gordon Stables
Length9h 42m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "There is no more beautiful bay than that of Methlin on all the wild west shores of Scotland; there is no quainter or more old-fashioned little town than the fishing village that clusters around its shores, its wee little whitewashed cottages half hidden in the green of waving elders and drooping silver birch trees. Behind the village is a wealth of woodland, stretching for miles away up the valley, between hills so high that at sunrise they cast their darkling shadows far across the sea. But our story opens at eventide. The sun has already gone down behind the waves, leaving a sky and sea of such gorgeous and startling colours—such a mad mixture of crimson, orange, purple, and grey—as never surely was seen on artist's canvas. And not only from the water, but even from the wide expanse of wet sand, are these colours reflected. The sea is very calm, yet the Atlantic Ocean, that swells and heaves and breaks along this coast, never falls quite asleep; and if you glance to-night across the sands at the far-receding tide, you may note long moving lines of orange, and hear the gentle boom of the breaking wavelets."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Fantasy
Length9 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 5, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CONTENTS.
19CHAPTER XVIII. SEÑOR SARPINTO.
2CHAPTER I. "HUSH! DO YOU HEAR THAT CRY? WHAT CAN IT BE?"
20CHAPTER XIX. A FAIRY ISLE—THE LOST BOAT.
3CHAPTER II. "BUT LOOKING BACK, BOYS, IT IS ALL LIKE A DREAM."
21CHAPTER XX. "WHAT THEIR FATE WAS TO BE THEY COULD NOT EVEN GUESS."
4CHAPTER III. AN AIMLESS LIFE—PEACE AT LAST.
22CHAPTER XXI. "A LAND FLOWING WITH COCOANUT-MILK AND HONEY."
5CHAPTER IV. SITTING UP TO THINK—THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR.
23CHAPTER XXII. A TERRIBLE APPARITION.
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6CHAPTER V. AT THE FISHERMAN'S CAVE—FRED'S AQUARIUM.
24CHAPTER XXIII. A SWIM FOR DEAR LIFE—PURSUED BY SHARKS.
7CHAPTER VI TAKING TEA INSIDE A WHALE—THE STRANGE STORY OF THE STRANDED LEVIATHAN.
25CHAPTER XXIV. STINGAREE.
8CHAPTER VII. "FIVE YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT."
26CHAPTER XXV. "ROW, BROTHERS, ROW"—QUAMBO'S SHARK STORY—FAST TO A SWORD-FISH.
9CHAPTER VIII. PLEASANT SURPRISES—FRANK'S YACHT—THE LAUNCH OF THE WATER-BABY.
27CHAPTER XXVI. "WHAT WAS THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THAT STRANGE VESSEL?"
10CHAPTER IX. PLAYING AT BEING PIRATES—A STORM AT SEA—THE WRECK.
28CHAPTER XXVII. FRANK GAZED AGHAST.
11CHAPTER X. ON THE DESERT ISLAND—TODDIE'S ADVENTURE ON THE CLIFF—THE BONFIRE.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. COULD HE BE——DEAD?
12CHAPTER XI. "FRIENDS FOR LIFE"—ROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
30CHAPTER XXIX. THE ARRIVAL OF SAVAGES.
13CHAPTER XII. THAT AWFUL NIGHT AT SEA—A RIDE FOR PRECIOUS LIFE.
31CHAPTER XXX. "THERE IS NO GOING BACK NOW," FRANK SAID.
14CHAPTER XIII. "A STRANGE, STRANGE STORY," SAID FRANK. "I WONDER HOW IT WILL ALL END."
32CHAPTER XXXI. IN CANNIBAL ISLANDS.
15CHAPTER XIV. "DUTY, LAD, DUTY. STICK TO IT THROUGH THICK AND THIN."
33CHAPTER XXXII. THE WHOLE BEACH WAS LINED WITH YELLING SAVAGES.
16CHAPTER XV. THE GOOD SHIP "SAN SALVADOR."—A MYSTERY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS.
34CHAPTER XXXIII. SOUTH AND SOUTH SAILED THE GOOD BARQUE.
17CHAPTER XVI. DEAKIN AND CO. AND THE LOST BRIG "RESOLUTE."
35CHAPTER XXXIV. FIGHTING IN EARNEST.
18CHAPTER XVII. SOUTHWARD HO! TO THE SEA OF ICE.
36CHAPTER XXXV. "WOULD SHE SEE THEIR SIGNALS?"
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