Jungle and Stream: or, The Adventures of Two Boys in Siam
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Fenn George Manville. Jungle and Stream: or, The Adventures of Two Boys in Siam
CHAPTER I. SIXTY YEARS AGO
CHAPTER II. THE JUNGLE HUNTER
CHAPTER III. SREE'S PRISONER
CHAPTER IV. FISHING WITH A WORM
CHAPTER V. THE DOCTOR'S POST-MORTEM
CHAPTER VI. MAKING PLANS
CHAPTER VII. THE BRINK OF A VOLCANO
CHAPTER VIII. A PROWL BY WATER
CHAPTER IX. NATURALISTS' TREASURES
CHAPTER X. WHAT HARRY HEARD
CHAPTER XI. THE NAGA'S BITE
CHAPTER XII. SUL THE ELEPHANT
CHAPTER XIII. THEIR FIRST TIGER
CHAPTER XIV. A YOUNG SAVAGE
CHAPTER XV. FOR THE JUNGLE, HO!
CHAPTER XVI. THE HOUSE-BOAT
CHAPTER XVII. JUNGLE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
CHAPTER XVIII. ELEPHANTS AT HOME
CHAPTER XIX. A NIGHT ALARM
CHAPTER XX. A DREARY RETURN
CHAPTER XXI. A HIDING-PLACE
CHAPTER XXII. DARING PLANS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SPEAR HARVEST
CHAPTER XXIV. THE HELP SEEKER
CHAPTER XXV. A DESPERATE VENTURE
CHAPTER XXVI. FOR LIFE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE POWDER MINE
CHAPTER XXVIII. SAVING THE STORES
CHAPTER XXIX. THE DOCTOR KEPT BUSY
CHAPTER XXX. LIKE A BAD SHILLING
CHAPTER XXXI. COMING HOME TO ROOST
CHAPTER XXXII. IN THE NICK OF TIME
CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT FOLLOWED
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Harry Kenyon did not run up the slope to the house, which was erected upon an elevation to raise it beyond the flood when the river burst its bounds, as it made a point of doing once or twice a year during the heavy rains. People out in sunny Siam do not run much, but make a point of moving deliberately as the natives do, for the simple reason that it takes a very short time to get into a violent perspiration, but a very long time to get cool; besides which, overheating means the risk of chills, and chills mean fever.
He walked gently up to meet the tall, thin, rather stern-featured, grizzly-haired man in white flannel and straw hat with puggaree, who had come out to meet him, and who saluted him heartily.
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"Well, but is it safe, sir?"
"Come and see. If it's safe enough for me to be out here, it's safe enough for you."
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