Popular Adventure Tales

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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