The Boy Tar by Mayne Reid

The Boy Tar by Mayne Reid

"The Boy Tar" by Mayne Reid is an action-packed tale of travel and survival! A young boy attempts to board a ship that will sail across the Atlantic yet he gets locked in the storage room.

Table of Content

Chapter 1 My Boy Audience

Chapter 2 Saved by Swans

Chapter 3 The “Under-Tow”

Chapter 4 The Dinghy

Chapter 5 The Reef

Chapter 6 The Gulls

Chapter 7 Search for a Sea-Urchin

Chapter 8 Loss of the Dinghy

Chapter 9 The Signal-Staff

Chapter 10 Climbing a smooth Pole

Chapter 11 The Returning Tide

Chapter 12 Hugging the Staff

Chapter 13 A State of “Suspense”

Chapter 14 For Peru—To-morrow!

Chapter 15 Running Away

Chapter 16 The Inca and her Crew

Chapter 17 Not big enough

Chapter 18 Stealing Aboard

Chapter 19 Hurrah! We are off!

Chapter 20 Sea-Sick

The Boy Tar by Mayne Reid

Chapter 21 Entombed Alive

Chapter 22 Thirst

Chapter 23 A sweet Sound

Chapter 24 Tapping the Butt

Chapter 25 The Vent-Peg

Chapter 26 The Biscuit-Box

Chapter 27 A Cask of Brandy

Chapter 28 Going on “Rations”

Chapter 29 Gauging the Water-Cask

Chapter 30 My Measuring-Rule

Chapter 31 “Quod Erat Faciendum”

Chapter 32 The Horror of Darkness

Chapter 33 The Storm

Chapter 34 A Novel Drinking-Cup

Chapter 35 Mysterious Disappearance

Chapter 36 An Ugly Intruder

Chapter 37 Reflections on Rats

Chapter 38 Oh! For a Steel Trap!

Chapter 39 A Swarm of Intruders

Chapter 40 The Norway Rat

Chapter 41 Dream and Reality

Chapter 42 A Sound Sleep at Last

Chapter 43 Search after another Biscuit-Box

Chapter 44 The Crumbs Secured

Chapter 45 Another Bite

Chapter 46 The Bale of Linen

Chapter 47 Excelsior!

Chapter 48 A Torrent of Brandy

Chapter 49 A new Danger

Chapter 50 Where was my Knife?

Chapter 51 A Grand Rat-Trap

Chapter 52 A Wholesale Take

Chapter 53 About Face!

Chapter 54 Conjectures

Chapter 55 The Luxury of Standing Erect

Chapter 56 Ship-Shape

Chapter 57 A very grand Obstacle

Chapter 58 Turning the Piano

Chapter 59 The Broken Blade

Chapter 60 A Triangular Chamber

Chapter 61 A Milliner’s Box

Chapter 62 Half Suffocated

Chapter 63 Light and Life

Chapter 64 An Astonished Crew

Chapter 65 The Dénouement