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) (0 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