Jungle Girl

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Edgar Rice Burroughs. Jungle Girl

Jungle Girl

Table of Contents

I. — THE JUNGLE

II. — THE DELIRIUM

III. — THE HUNTER

IV. — FOU-TAN

V. — THE CAPTURE

VI. — THE LEPER KING

VII. — A SOLDIER OF THE GUARD

VIII. — IN THE HOUSE OF THE KING

IX. — THE FLIGHT

X. — LOVE AND THE BRUTE

XI. — WARRIORS FROM PNOM DHEK

XII. — GUEST AND PRISONER

XIII. — FAREWELL FOR EVER!

XIV. — MY LORD THE TIGER

XV. — WAR

XVI. — IN THE PALACE OF BENG KHER

XVII.— CONCLUSION

THE END

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Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published by Good Press, 2021

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When he had fallen he had dropped his compass, and now that he was satisfied that no danger lurked in his immediate vicinity, he set about to recover the instrument. He found it quickly enough, but one glance at it sent his heart into his boots—his compass was broken beyond possibility of repair. It was several seconds before the full measure of this calamity unfolded itself to his stunned consciousness.

For a moment Gordon King was appalled by the accident that had befallen him, for he knew that it was a real catastrophe. Practically unversed in woodcraft, he found himself in a jungle overhung by foliage so dense that it was impossible to get his bearings from the sun, menaced by the ever-present danger of the great cats and faced with what he felt now was definite assurance that he would have to spend the night in these surroundings with only a remote likelihood that he ever would be able to find his way out in the event that he did not fall prey to the carnivores or to thirst.

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