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Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Pellucidar is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.
There must have been two hundred of them.
Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.
Where had they come from?
Juag was first to hazard a guess.
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Pellucidar

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Pellucidar is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.
Line 2
There must have been two hundred of them.
Line 3
Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.
Line 4
Where had they come from?
Line 5
Juag was first to hazard a guess.

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a

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

able

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

all

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

and

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

armada

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

At

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

been

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From this reading There must have been two hundred of them.

before

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

better

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

boats

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

come

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From this reading Where had they come from?

first

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FOR

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

from

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get

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

guess

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From this reading Juag was first to hazard a guess.

had

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

have

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From this reading There must have been two hundred of them.

hazard

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From this reading Juag was first to hazard a guess.

he

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

his

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

hundred

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From this reading There must have been two hundred of them.

in

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

Juag

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

last

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

LIFE

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

many

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

must

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From this reading There must have been two hundred of them.

never

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

of

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

our

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

RACING

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

said

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

sea

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

seen

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

small

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

so

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

subsided

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

that

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From this reading Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life.

the

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

them

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From this reading There must have been two hundred of them.

There

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From this reading There must have been two hundred of them.

they

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to

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

two

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From this reading There must have been two hundred of them.

view

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

wake

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

was

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From this reading Juag was first to hazard a guess.

we

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

were

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From this reading RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake.

Where

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From this reading Where had they come from?

Chapter 14 of Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 14 of Pellucidar contain?

Chapter 14 holds 139 sentences of Pellucidar, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 14 of Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 139 sentences, grouped into 28 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 14 of Pellucidar?

Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 28 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 14 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 14 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Pellucidar

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Is this the complete text of Pellucidar?

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Which edition of Pellucidar is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #605, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Pellucidar take to read?

About 236 minutes of reading across 567 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Pellucidar section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Pellucidar

Words and structures a reader meets early in Pellucidar, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Several
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Pellucidar; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Years
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Pellucidar; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Elapsed
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Since
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