The Big Otter
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Big Otter
Chapter One. Sleeping in Snow
Chapter Two. The Winter Packet
Chapter Three. Deeper Desolation
Chapter Four. The Winter Journey
Chapter Five. The Wounded Man
Chapter Six. An Express and its Results
Chapter Seven. A Tremendous Storm and Other Experiences
Chapter Eight. Deep in the Wilderness we find our Home which is Shared with the Wild Beast, the Wild Bird, and the Savage
Chapter Nine. A Bright Apparition—Followed by Rumours of War
Chapter Ten. Salamander Gives and Receives a Surprise, and War is Averted by Wise Diplomacy
Chapter Eleven. Lumley on Duty—Fort Wichikagan begins to Grow
Chapter Twelve. A Narrow Escape—A Strange Meeting, and a Half-Revealed Mystery
Chapter Thirteen. Fishing and its Results—Engineering and its Consequences
Chapter Fourteen. Arrival of Strange Indians
Chapter Fifteen. A Catastrophe, a Letter, and a Surprise
Chapter Sixteen. The Joys of Camping Out—Important Additions to the Establishment—Serious Matters and Winter Amusements
Chapter Seventeen. Describes a Tremendous Visitation—A Feast—A Surprise—And an Attempt at Murder
Chapter Eighteen. The Mysterious Packet—Friends depart, and Lumley is caught singing
Chapter Nineteen. Opening of the Mysterious Packet
Chapter Twenty. I come out in a New Light, and have a very Narrow Escape
Chapter Twenty One. A Buffalo Hunt Followed by a Palaver, an Arrival, and a Traitor-Chase
Chapter Twenty Two. The Chase, the Capture, and the Revelation
Chapter Twenty Three. Attacked by Bandits—A Sad Death and a Sudden Rescue
Chapter Twenty Four. The Power of Sleep—Plans discussed and a Far Journey resolved on
Chapter Twenty Five. Tells of a Wonderful Meeting and a Frustrated Foe
Chapter Twenty Six. One of the Difficulties of Correspondence enlarged on—Coming Events, etcetera
Chapter Twenty Seven. A Peculiar Wedding and a Wonderful Walk
Chapter Twenty Eight. The Wilderness again—New Plans mooted—Treacherous Ice, and a Brave Rescue
Chapter Twenty Nine. The Last
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On returning next morning towards the outpost from our encampment in the woods, Lumley and I made a discovery which excited us greatly. It was nothing more than a track in the snow, but there was a revelation in the track which sent the blood tingling through our veins.
It was not the track of a Polar bear. We should have been somewhat surprised, no doubt, but not greatly excited by that. Neither was it the track of a deer or an Arctic fox. It was only the track of a sledge!
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He retired as he spoke, and, making a rush, launched himself against my door, which, however, withstood the shock.
“Here, Spooner,” I then heard him say, “lend a hand; let us go at it together.”
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