



Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England




The Boy Slaves, by Captain Mayne Reid.

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This is an excellent book, telling of the adventures of three midshipmen
and a much older sailor from a British warship that goes aground off the
coast of Africa, well offshore, and sinks with all hands.  However these
four find themselves afloat on a spar, which they paddle with their
hands for several days until they reach the shore of Africa.  Shortly
after this they are taken prisoner by some Arabs, who intend to take
them north to a town where they can be sold as slaves.

The book deals with their adventures as they are driven north to be
sold.  In those days Arab pirate ships, known as Barbary pirates, and
also Algerine pirates, used to capture European vessels and make their