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Popular Adventure Tales

by Mayne Reid

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  1. 1Comprising
  2. 2Biographical Sketch
  3. 3Chapter I — The Fur Countries
  4. 4Chapter II — The Young Voyageurs
  5. 5Chapter III — The Trumpeter Swan and the Bald Eagle
  6. 6Chapter IV — A Swan-Hunt by Torchlight
  7. 7Chapter V — “Cast Away”
  8. 8Chapter VI — A Bridge of Buckskin
  9. 9Chapter VII — Decoying the Antelopes
  10. 10Chapter VIII — A “Partridge Dance”
  11. 11Chapter IX — Basil and the Bison-Bull
  12. 12Chapter X — Three Curious Trees
  13. 13Chapter XI — How to Build a Bark Canoe
  14. 14Chapter XII — The Chain of Lakes
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Wapiti, Wolves, and Wolverene
  16. 16Chapter XIV — A Pair of Deep Divers
  17. 17Chapter XV — A Grand Sunday Dinner
  18. 18Chapter XVI — The Marmots of America
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Blaireau, the “Tawnies,” and the “Leopards”
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — An Odd Sort of Decoy-Duck
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Shrike and the Humming-Birds
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Fish-Hawk
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Osprey and His Tyrant
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Voyage Interrupted
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Fishing Under the Ice
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — An Odd Alarm
  27. 27Chapter XXV — Encounter With a Moose
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — Life in a Log-Hut
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — Travelling on Snow-Shoes
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — The Barren Grounds
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — The Rock-Tripe
  32. 32Chapter XXX — The Polar Hare and Great Snowy Owl
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — The Jumping Mouse and the Ermine
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — The Arctic Fox and White Wolf
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — The Jerfalcon and the White Grouse
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — The Hare, the Lynx, and the Golden Eagle
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — The “Alarm Bird” and the Caribou
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — A Battle With Wolves
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — End of the “Voyage”
  40. 40Chapter I — The Biggest Wood in the World
  41. 41Chapter II — The Refugees
  42. 42Chapter III — The Poison-Trees
  43. 43Chapter IV — The Supper of Guapo
  44. 44Chapter V — The Puna
  45. 45Chapter VI — The Wild Bull of the Puna
  46. 46Chapter VII — The “Vaquero”
  47. 47Chapter VIII — Llamas, Alpacos, Vicuñas, and Guanacos
  48. 48Chapter IX — A Vicuña Hunt
  49. 49Chapter X — Capturing a Condor
  50. 50Chapter XI — The Perils of a Peruvian Road
  51. 51Chapter XII — Encounter Upon a Cliff
  52. 52Chapter XIII — The Lone Cross in the Forest
  53. 53Chapter XIV — The Deserted Mission
  54. 54Chapter XV — The Guaco and the Coral Snake
  55. 55Chapter XVI — The Palm-Woods
  56. 56Chapter XVII — A House of Palms
  57. 57Chapter XVIII — Tracking the Tapir
  58. 58Chapter XIX — The Poisoned Arrows
  59. 59Chapter XX — The Milk-Tree
  60. 60Chapter XXI — The Cannibal Fish and the Gymnotus
  61. 61Chapter XXII — The Cinchona-Trees
  62. 62Chapter XXIII — A Pair of Slow Goers
  63. 63Chapter XXIV — The Bark-Hunters
  64. 64Chapter XXV — The Puma and the Great Ant-Bear
  65. 65Chapter XXVI — Attack of the White Ants
  66. 66Chapter XXVII — The Ant-Lion
  67. 67Chapter XXVIII — The Tatou-Poyou and the Deer Carcass
  68. 68Chapter XXIX — An Armadillo Hunt
  69. 69Chapter XXX — The Ocelot
  70. 70Chapter XXXI — A Family of Jaguars
  71. 71Chapter XXXII — The Raft
  72. 72Chapter XXXIII — The Guardian Brother
  73. 73Chapter XXXIV — The Vampire
  74. 74Chapter XXXV — The Marimondas
  75. 75Chapter XXXVI — The Monkey Mother
  76. 76Chapter XXXVII — An Unexpected Guest
  77. 77Chapter XXXVIII — The Crocodile and Capivaras
  78. 78Chapter XXXIX — Fight of the Jaguar and Crocodile
  79. 79Chapter XL — Adventure With an Anaconda
  80. 80Chapter XLI — A Batch of Curious Trees
  81. 81Chapter XLII — The Forest Festival
  82. 82Chapter XLIII — Acres of Eggs
  83. 83Chapter XLIV — A Fight Between Two Very Scaly Creatures
  84. 84Chapter XLV — A Pair of Valiant Vultures
  85. 85Chapter XLVI — The “Gapo”
  86. 86Chapter XLVII — The Araguatoes
  87. 87Chapter XLVIII — Bridging an Igaripé
  88. 88Chapter XLIX — The Manati
  89. 89Chapter L — The Closing Chapter
  90. 90Chapter I — The Boers
  91. 91Chapter II — The Kraal
  92. 92Chapter III — The Spring-Haan
  93. 93Chapter IV — A Talk About Locusts
  94. 94Chapter V — The Locust-Flight
  95. 95Chapter VI — “Inspann and Trek!”
  96. 96Chapter VII — Water! Water!
  97. 97Chapter VIII — The Fate of the Herd
  98. 98Chapter IX — A Lion Couchant
  99. 99Chapter X — The Lion in the Trap
  100. 100Chapter XI — The Death of the Lion
  101. 101Chapter XII — The Travellers Benighted
  102. 102Chapter XIII — The Trek-Boken
  103. 103Chapter XIV — Spooring for a Spring
  104. 104Chapter XV — The Terrible Tsetse
  105. 105Chapter XVI — The Long-Horned Rhinoceros
  106. 106Chapter XVII — A Heavy Combat
  107. 107Chapter XVIII — The Death of the Elephant
  108. 108Chapter XIX — Turned Hunters
  109. 109Chapter XX — Jerking an Elephant
  110. 110Chapter XXI — The Hideous Hyena
  111. 111Chapter XXII — Stalking the Ourebi
  112. 112Chapter XXIII — Little Jan’s Adventure
  113. 113Chapter XXIV — A House Among the Tree-Tops
  114. 114Chapter XXV — The Battle of the Wild Peacocks
  115. 115Chapter XXVI — Upon the Spoor
  116. 116Chapter XXVII — A Rogue Elephant
  117. 117Chapter XXVIII — The Missing Hunter, and the Wildebeests
  118. 118Chapter XXIX — The Ant-Eater of Africa
  119. 119Chapter XXX — Hans Chased by the Wildebeest
  120. 120Chapter XXXI — Besieged by the Bull
  121. 121Chapter XXXII — A Helpless Beast
  122. 122Chapter XXXIII — The Elephant’s Sleeping-Room
  123. 123Chapter XXXIV — Making the Elephant’s Bed
  124. 124Chapter XXXV — The Wild Asses of Africa
  125. 125Chapter XXXVI — Planning the Capture of the Quaggas
  126. 126Chapter XXXVII — The Pit-Trap
  127. 127Chapter XXXVIII — Driving in the Eland
  128. 128Chapter XXXIX — A Wild Ride on Quagga-Back
  129. 129Chapter XL — The Gun-Trap
  130. 130Chapter XLI — The Weaver-Birds
  131. 131Chapter XLII — The Spitting-Snake
  132. 132Chapter XLIII — The Serpent-Eater
  133. 133Chapter XLIV — Totty and the Chacmas
  134. 134Chapter XLV — The Wild Hounds and the Hartebeest
  135. 135Chapter XLVI — Conclusion

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