The Boy Hunters
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Reid Mayne. The Boy Hunters
Chapter One. The Home of the Hunter-Naturalist
Chapter Two. The Hunter-Naturalist and his Family
Chapter Three. The Prince’s Letter
Chapter Four. Going on a Great Hunt
Chapter Five. The Camp of the Boy Hunters
Chapter Six. A Fox-Squirrel in a Fix
Chapter Seven. François gets an Ugly Fall
Chapter Eight. About Alligators
Chapter Nine. The Indian Mother and Caïman
Chapter Ten. The Food of the Silkworm
Chapter Eleven. The Chain of Destruction
Chapter Twelve. The White-Headed Eagle
Chapter Thirteen. Three Buffaloes with Wings
Chapter Fourteen. A Wild-Turkey Hunt
Chapter Fifteen. Trailing with a Blood-Hound
Chapter Sixteen. Jeanette and the Javalies
Chapter Seventeen. A Cunning Cat and a Sly Old ’Possum
Chapter Eighteen. An Odd Adventure before Breakfast
Chapter Nineteen. Jerking a Bear
Chapter Twenty. A Nocturnal Adventure
Chapter Twenty One. The Circle of Fire
Chapter Twenty Two. The Lone Mound
Chapter Twenty Three. The Hunt of the Wild Horse
Chapter Twenty Four. A Dog-Town
Chapter Twenty Five. A Night in the Desert
Chapter Twenty Six. The Prong-Horns
Chapter Twenty Seven. Decoying an Antelope
Chapter Twenty Eight. Scattering the Cimmarons
Chapter Twenty Nine. Besieged by Grizzly Bears
Chapter Thirty. An Escape from the Bear-Scrape
Chapter Thirty One. The Vultures and their King
Chapter Thirty Two. More Talk about the Vultures
Chapter Thirty Three. Supping upon a Skeleton
Chapter Thirty Four. The Battle of the Bulls
Chapter Thirty Five. The Mysterious Wallet
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In 1815 was fought the famous battle of Waterloo, and in the same year Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the island-rock of Saint Helena. Many French officers, who had followed the fortunes of the great adventurer, at that time emigrated to America. Most of these, as was very natural, sought the French settlements on the Mississippi, and there made their homes for life. Among them was one named Landi, who had been a colonel of chasseurs in Napoleon’s army. He was by birth a Corsican; and it was through his being a friend and early acquaintance of one of the Bonaparte family that he had been induced to become an officer in the French army – for in his youth he had been fonder of science than soldiering.
While campaigning in Spain, Landi had married a Basque lady, by whom he had three children, all sons. Their mother died before the battle of Waterloo was fought; so that when Landi emigrated to America his family consisted of his three sons alone.
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“Ay, even with money, Hugot. Look you! It is a skin I want – not a robe – but a perfect skin with the head, feet, and all complete, and fit for stuffing.”
“Ah! mon Colonel! that is different.”
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