The Gorilla Hunters (Musaicum Adventure Classics)

The Gorilla Hunters (Musaicum Adventure Classics)
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The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa follows the adventure of three young men in «darkest Africa.» Ralph Rover is living on his father's inheritance on England's west coast and occupying himself as a naturalist. He gets visited by his old friend Peterkin Gay, whose «weather-beaten though ruddy countenance» he does not recognize. Peterkin has hunted and killed every animal on Earth except for the gorilla and now comes to Ralph to entice him on a new adventure. The two are joined by the third friend, Jack Martin, and they leave for Africa.

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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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