The Tiger Hunter

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Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter One

The Grito of Hidalgo

Chapter Two

An Irksome Journey

Chapter Three

An Enigma

Chapter Four

The Hungry Travellers

Chapter Five

Black and Red

Chapter Six

The Tiger-Hunter

Chapter Seven

The Chase of the Jaguar

Chapter Eight

A Grand Spectacle

Chapter Nine

The Cascade

Chapter Ten

Strayed from the Track

Chapter Eleven

A Ludicrous Spectacle

Chapter Twelve

The Diadem

Chapter Thirteen

Who goes there?

Chapter Fourteen

Precious Moments

Chapter Fifteen

A Friend in Need

Chapter Sixteen

Las Palmas and its People

Chapter Seventeen

A Creole Toilette

Chapter Eighteen

The Inundation

Chapter Nineteen

The Last of the Zapoteques

Chapter Twenty

A Canopy of Jaguars

Chapter Twenty One

The Student Rescued

Chapter Twenty Two

Rafael and Gertrudis

Chapter Twenty Three

The Honest Muleteer

Chapter Twenty Four

The Lovers alone

Chapter Twenty Five

A Mexican Major-Domo

Chapter Twenty Six

The Vow Performed

Chapter Twenty Seven

Duty versus Love

Chapter Twenty Eight

The Illustrious Morelos

Chapter Twenty Nine

A Course of Study Interrupted

Chapter Thirty

A Soldier against his Will

Chapter Thirty One

Pepe Gago

Chapter Thirty Two

The Secret Signal

Chapter Thirty Three

The Isle of Roqueta

Chapter Thirty Four

An Enterprise by Night

Chapter Thirty Five

Fearful Fellow-Swimmers

Chapter Thirty Six

Unpleasant Swimming Companions

Chapter Thirty Seven

A Deed à la Cortez

Chapter Thirty Eight

The Capture of La Roqueta

Chapter Thirty Nine

The Plain of Huajapam

Chapter Forty

Fatal Misunderstandings

Chapter Forty One

A Rude Reception

Chapter Forty Two

Bearding a Brigand

Chapter Forty Three

Roncador Restored

Chapter Forty Four

The Council of War

Chapter Forty Five

Valerio Trujano

Chapter Forty Six

A Walking Corpse

Chapter Forty Seven

A Decoy Sentry

Chapter Forty Eight

The Morn of the Battle

Chapter Forty Nine

Between Two Fires

Chapter Fifty

A Splendid Stroke

Chapter Fifty One

A Generous Enemy

Chapter Fifty Two

Rude Guests

Chapter Fifty Three

Love’s Malady

Chapter Fifty Four

Topographical Details

Chapter Fifty Five

Sunrise in the Tropics

Chapter Fifty Six

The Bandit Camp

Chapter Fifty Seven

A Real Virago

Chapter Fifty Eight

An Unexpected Reception

Chapter Fifty Nine

A Careless Search

Chapter Sixty

El Zapote and Gaspar

Chapter Sixty One

The Fugitives in Danger

Chapter Sixty Two

Escaping the Toils

Chapter Sixty Three

An Unwilling Ambassador

Chapter Sixty Four

The Talisman Transmitted

Chapter Sixty Five

Lantejas Beheaded

Chapter Sixty Six

Don Cornelio a Captive

Chapter Sixty Seven

The Colonel of Colonels

Chapter Sixty Eight

The Commission Executed

Chapter Sixty Nine

The Catalan Lieutenant

Chapter Seventy

News Sweet and Sad

Chapter Seventy One

The Capture of San Carlos

Chapter Seventy Two

The Enchanted Lake

Chapter Seventy Three

The Invalid

Chapter Seventy Four

An Aerial Couch

Chapter Seventy Five

The Goddess of the Waters

Chapter Seventy Six

Tolling the Summons

Chapter Seventy Seven

The Pursuit

Chapter Seventy Eight

Vengeance Forborne

Chapter Seventy Nine

A Brace of Crafty Couriers

Chapter Eighty

Matlacuezc a Mortal

Chapter Eighty One

Two Happy Hearts

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Mayne Reid

Published by Good Press, 2019

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“It is quite true,” rejoined the other, also smiling, as he spoke; “and more than once upon my journey I have had reason to blame the mistaken economy of my good father, who, instead of letting me have a proper roadster, has munificently furnished me with a steed that has escaped from the horns of all the bulls of the Valladolid Circus; the consequence of which is, that the poor beast cannot see even a cow on the distant horizon without taking to his heels in the opposite direction.”

“Carrambo! and do you mean to say you have come all the way from Valladolid on that sorry hack?”

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