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Cliff Climbers

Name: Cliff Climbers
Author: Thomas Mayne Reid

Thomas Mayne Reid

Read by fiddlesticks, Lynne T, ismailuser55, Rachel, Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan, danielaterry, BettyB, Jeremiah Sutherland, Mark and Deon Gines · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Himalayas (10:11)
A View from Chumulari (9:59)
The Plant-Hunter and His Companions (8:22)
Home to the Hut (6:25)
A Midnight Intruder (8:43)
A Talk About Elephants (6:50)
Re-stocking the Guns (6:14)
Inspecting the Cliffs (5:39)
A Reconnaissance Interrupted (8:33)
Ossaroo on the Obelisk (5:18)
A Wholesale Tumble (8:14)
A Ring Performance (7:29)
An Odd Appearance (6:13)
A Curious Nest (7:45)
The Hornbill (6:50)
A Four-Footed Burglar (7:15)
Fritz Interferes (7:30)
'Death to the Rogue' (7:58)
A Home in Ruins (7:57)
Up a Tree Again! (7:04)
An Implacable Besieger (5:38)
Drawing Their Drink (6:08)
A Gigantic Syringe (4:51)
Swallowed Wholesale (9:08)
The Deodar (13:59)
The Scaling Ladders (8:26)
An Empty Larder (5:54)
Going Abroad for Breakfast (6:50)
Caspar on a Stalk (5:08)
The Double Decoy (7:54)
The Signal of the Shikaree (6:06)
The Ibex (10:03)
Goats and Sheep (13:25)
A Battle of Bucks (13:27)
The Bearcoots (13:35)
A Hope Built Upon the Bearcoot (8:52)
The Log on the Leg (11:49)
Further Experiments (6:38)
The Eagle's Escape (6:30)
Fritz and the Falcons (9:51)
Fritz Offended (5:10)
A Kite! (7:59)
The Paper-Tree (9:53)
Flying the Kite (9:35)
The Rope-Ladder (9:37)
Ossaroo Makes a Quick Descent (8:10)
The Escape of the Kite (9:29)
No More Paper-Trees! (7:06)
Aerostatics (12:17)
The Skin Balloon (9:30)
Making Ready for the Ascent (9:19)
Inflation and Failure (4:40)
Another Spell of Despair (10:36)
The Bean of Pythagoras (4:42)
An Aquatic Harvest (7:16)
The Adjutants (9:22)
The Standing Sleeps (7:42)
Fritz Among the Feathers (10:50)
Capturing the Storks (8:21)
A Labelled Leg (6:38)
Mail-Carriers on Wings (5:19)
Conclusion (5:30)