Popular Adventure Tales
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Reid Mayne. Popular Adventure Tales
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Popular Adventure Tales
CHAPTER I. THE FUR COUNTRIES
CHAPTER II. THE YOUNG VOYAGEURS
CHAPTER III. THE TRUMPETER SWAN AND THE BALD EAGLE
CHAPTER IV. A SWAN-HUNT BY TORCHLIGHT
CHAPTER V “CAST AWAY”
CHAPTER VI. A BRIDGE OF BUCKSKIN
CHAPTER VII. DECOYING THE ANTELOPES
CHAPTER VIII. A “PARTRIDGE DANCE.”
CHAPTER IX. BASIL AND THE BISON-BULL
CHAPTER X. THREE CURIOUS TREES
CHAPTER XI. HOW TO BUILD A BARK CANOE
CHAPTER XII. THE CHAIN OF LAKES
CHAPTER XIII. WAPITI, WOLVES, AND WOLVERENE
CHAPTER XIV. A PAIR OF DEEP DIVERS
CHAPTER XV. A GRAND SUNDAY DINNER
CHAPTER XVI. THE MARMOTS OF AMERICA
CHAPTER XVII. THE BLAIREAU, THE “TAWNIES,” AND THE “LEOPARDS.”
CHAPTER XVIII. AN ODD SORT OF DECOY-DUCK
CHAPTER XIX. THE SHRIKE AND THE HUMMING-BIRDS
CHAPTER XX. THE FISH-HAWK
CHAPTER XXI. THE OSPREY AND HIS TYRANT
CHAPTER, XXII. THE VOYAGE INTERRUPTED
CHAPTER XXIII. FISHING UNDER THE ICE
CHAPTER XXIV. AN ODD ALARM
CHAPTER XXV. ENCOUNTER WITH A MOOSE
CHAPTER XXVI. LIFE IN A LOG-HUT
CHAPTER XXVII. TRAVELLING ON SNOW-SHOES
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BARREN GROUNDS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE ROCK-TRIPE
CHAPTER XXX. THE POLAR HARE AND GREAT SNOWY OWL
CHAPTER XXXI. THE JUMPING MOUSE AND THE ERMINE
CHAPTER XXXII. THE ARCTIC FOX AND WHITE WOLF
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE JERFALCON AND THE WHITE GROUSE
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE HARE, THE LYNX, AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE
CHAPTER XXXV. THE “ALARM BIRD” AND THE CARIBOU
CHAPTER XXXVI. A BATTLE WITH WOLVES
CHAPTER XXXVII. END OF THE “VOYAGE.”
THE FOREST EXILES,
CHAPTER I. THE BIGGEST WOOD IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER II. THE REFUGEES
CHAPTER III. THE POISON-TREES
CHAPTER IV. THE SUPPER OF GUAPO
CHAPTER V. THE PUNA
CHAPTER VI. THE WILD BULL OF THE PUNA
CHAPTER VII. THE “VAQUERO.”
CHAPTER VIII. LLAMAS, ALPACOS, VICUÑAS, AND GUANACOS
CHAPTER IX. A VICUÑA HUNT
CHAPTER X. CAPTURING A CONDOR
CHAPTER XI. THE PERILS OF A PERUVIAN ROAD
CHAPTER XII. ENCOUNTER UPON A CLIFF
CHAPTER XIII. THE LONE CROSS IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER XIV. THE DESERTED MISSION
CHAPTER XV. THE GUACO AND THE CORAL SNAKE
CHAPTER XVI. THE PALM-WOODS
CHAPTER XVII. A HOUSE OF PALMS
CHAPTER XVIII. TRACKING THE TAPIR
CHAPTER XIX. THE POISONED ARROWS
CHAPTER XX. THE MILK-TREE
CHAPTER XXI. THE CANNIBAL FISH AND THE GYMNOTUS
CHAPTER XXII. THE CINCHONA-TREES
CHAPTER XXIII. A PAIR OF SLOW GOERS
CHAPTER XXIV. THE BARK-HUNTERS
CHAPTER XXV. THE PUMA AND THE GREAT ANT-BEAR
CHAPTER XXVI. ATTACK OF THE WHITE ANTS
CHAPTER XXVII. THE ANT-LION
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE TATOU-POYOU AND THE DEER CARCASS
CHAPTER XXIX. AN ARMADILLO HUNT
CHAPTER XXX. THE OCELOT
CHAPTER XXXI. A FAMILY OF JAGUARS
CHAPTER XXXII. THE RAFT
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GUARDIAN BROTHER
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE VAMPIRE
CHAPTER XXXV. THE MARIMONDAS
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MONKEY MOTHER
CHAPTER XXXVII. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CROCODILE AND CAPIVARAS
CHAPTER XXXIX. FIGHT OF THE JAGUAR AND CROCODILE
CHAPTER XL. ADVENTURE WITH AN ANACONDA
CHAPTER XLI. A BATCH OF CURIOUS TREES
CHAPTER XLII. THE FOREST FESTIVAL
CHAPTER XLIII. ACRES OF EGGS
CHAPTER XLIV. A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO VERY SCALY CREATURES
CHAPTER XLV. A PAIR OF VALIANT VULTURES
CHAPTER XLVI. THE “GAPO.”
CHAPTER XLVII. THE ARAGUATOES
CHAPTER XLVIII. BRIDGING AN IGARIPÉ
CHAPTER XLIX. THE MANATI
CHAPTER L. THE CLOSING CHAPTER
THE BUSH-BOYS,
CHAPTER I. THE BOERS
CHAPTER II. THE KRAAL
CHAPTER III. THE SPRING-HAAN
CHAPTER IV. A TALK ABOUT LOCUSTS
CHAPTER V. THE LOCUST-FLIGHT
CHAPTER VI “INSPANN AND TREK!”
CHAPTER VII. WATER! WATER!
CHAPTER VIII. THE FATE OF THE HERD
CHAPTER IX. A LION COUCHANT
CHAPTER X. THE LION IN THE TRAP
CHAPTER XI. THE DEATH OF THE LION
CHAPTER XII. THE TRAVELLERS BENIGHTED
CHAPTER XIII. THE TREK-BOKEN
CHAPTER XIV. SPOORING FOR A SPRING
CHAPTER XV. THE TERRIBLE TSETSE
CHAPTER XVI. THE LONG-HORNED RHINOCEROS
CHAPTER XVII. A HEAVY COMBAT
CHAPTER XVIII. THE DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT
CHAPTER XIX. TURNED HUNTERS
CHAPTER XX. JERKING AN ELEPHANT
CHAPTER XXI. THE HIDEOUS HYENA
CHAPTER XXII. STALKING THE OUREBI
CHAPTER XXIII. LITTLE JAN'S ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XXIV. A HOUSE AMONG THE TREE-TOPS
CHAPTER XXV. THE BATTLE OF THE WILD PEACOCKS
CHAPTER XXVI. UPON THE SPOOR
CHAPTER XXVII. A ROGUE ELEPHANT
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MISSING HUNTER, AND THE WILDEBEESTS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE ANT-EATER OF AFRICA
CHAPTER XXX. HANS CHASED BY THE WILDEBEEST
CHAPTER XXXI. BESIEGED BY THE BULL
CHAPTER XXXII. A HELPLESS BEAST
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ELEPHANT'S SLEEPING-ROOM
CHAPTER XXXIV. MAKING THE ELEPHANT'S BED
CHAPTER XXXV. THE WILD ASSES OF AFRICA
CHAPTER XXXVI. PLANNING THE CAPTURE OF THE QUAGGAS
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE PIT-TRAP
CHAPTER XXXVIII. DRIVING IN THE ELAND
CHAPTER XXXIX. A WILD RIDE ON QUAGGA-BACK
CHAPTER XL. THE GUN-TRAP
CHAPTER XLI. THE WEAVER-BIRDS
CHAPTER XLII. THE SPITTING-SNAKE
CHAPTER XLIII. THE SERPENT-EATER
CHAPTER XLIV. TOTTY AND THE CHACMAS
CHAPTER XLV. THE WILD HOUNDS AND THE HARTEBEEST
CHAPTER XLVI. CONCLUSION
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Boy reader, you have heard of the Hudson's Bay Company? Ten to one you have worn a piece of fur which it has provided for you; if not, your pretty little sister has – in her muff, or her boa, or as a trimming for her winter dress. Would you like to know something of the country whence come these furs? – of the animals whose backs have been stripped to obtain them? As I feel certain that you and I are old friends, I make bold to answer for you – yes. Come, then! let us journey together to the “Fur Countries;” let us cross them from south to north.
A vast journey it will be. It will cost us many thousand miles of travel. We shall find neither railway-train, nor steamboat, nor stagecoach, to carry us on our way. We shall not even have the help of a horse. For us no hotel shall spread its luxurious board; no road-side inn shall hang out its inviting sign and “clean beds;” no roof of any kind shall offer us its hospitable shelter. Our table shall be a rock, a log, or the earth itself; our lodging a tent; and our bed the skin of a wild beast. Such are the best accommodations we can expect upon our journey. Are you still ready to undertake it? Does the prospect not deter you?
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“Look yonder!” replied Basil, pointing in the direction of the herd. “Something disturbs them. Give me your glass, Luce.”
Lucien handed the telescope to his brother, who, drawing it to the proper focus, pointed it towards the deer. The rest watched them, with the naked eye. They could see that there was some trouble among the animals. There were only six in the herd, and even at the distance our voyageurs could tell that they were all bucks, for it was the season when the does secrete themselves in the woods and thickets to bring forth their young. They were running to and fro upon the prairie, and doubling about as if playing, or rather as if some creature was chasing them. With the naked eye, however, nothing could be seen upon the ground but the bucks themselves, and all the others looked to Basil, who held the glass, for an explanation of their odd manœuvres.
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