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R. M. Ballantyne. The Gorilla Hunters (Musaicum Adventure Classics)
The Gorilla Hunters (Musaicum Adventure Classics)
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE. In which the hunters are introduced
CHAPTER TWO. Life in the wild woods
CHAPTER THREE. Wherein I mount guard, and how I did it, etcetera
CHAPTER FOUR. Wherein will be found much that is philosophical
CHAPTER FIVE. Preparations for a grand hunt
CHAPTER SIX. Dreaming and feeding and bloody work enlarged upon
CHAPTER SEVEN. We Circumvent the Natives
CHAPTER EIGHT. Peterkin distinguishes himself, and Okandaga is disposed of, etcetera
CHAPTER NINE. I discover a curious insect, and Peterkin takes a strange flight
CHAPTER TEN. Water Appreciated—Destructive Files, Etcetera
CHAPTER ELEVEN. How We Met With Our First Gorilla, And How We Served Him
CHAPTER TWELVE. Peterkin’s Schoolday Reminiscences
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. We get into “The Thick of it”—Great Success
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Our Plans are Suddenly Altered—Wicked Designs Discovered
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. An unexpected meeting—We fly, and I make a narrow escape from an appalling fate
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. An unfortunate delay, and a terrible visitor
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. We visit a natural menagerie, see wonderful sights, and meet with strange adventures
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Strange and terrible discoveries—Jack is made commander-in-chief of an army
CHAPTER NINETEEN. Preparations for War, and Peculiar Drill
CHAPTER TWENTY. A Warlike Expedition and a Victory
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Arrangements for pursuing the enemy, and sudden change of plans
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. We Meet with a Ludicrously Awful Adventure
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. We see strange things, and give our negro friends the slip
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Long Chase, and a Happy Termination Thereof
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. I Have a Desperate Encounter and a Narrow Escape
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R. M. Ballantyne
Adventure Novel: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa
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“But tell me about Jack,” said I, impatient to hear more concerning my dear old comrade.
“Not just now, my boy; more of him in a few minutes. First let us return to the point. What was it? Oh! a—about my being a celebrated hunter. A very Nimrod—at least a miniature copy. Well, Ralph, since we last met I have been all over the world, right round and round it. I’m a lieutenant in the navy now—at least I was a week ago. I’ve been fighting with the Kaffirs and the Chinamen, and been punishing the rascally sepoys in India, and been hunting elephants in Ceylon and tiger-shooting in the jungles, and harpooning whales in the polar seas, and shooting lions at the Cape; oh, you’ve no notion where all I’ve been. It’s a perfect marvel I’ve turned up here alive. But there’s one beast I’ve not yet seen, and I’m resolved to see him and shoot him too—”
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