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Popular Adventure Tales

Mayne Reid · Public domain text

254,534 words · about 17 h 49 min to read

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About this book

Author
Mayne Reid (1818–1883)
Language
English
Subjects
Adventure stories
Length
254,534 words · about 17 h 49 min
Sections
133 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (133)
  1. Opening about 7 min
  2. I. THE FUR COUNTRIES about 8 min
  3. II. THE YOUNG VOYAGEURS about 15 min
  4. III. THE TRUMPETER SWAN AND THE BALD EAGLE about 16 min
  5. IV. A SWAN-HUNT BY TORCHLIGHT about 12 min
  6. Chapter V about 6 min
  7. VI. A BRIDGE OF BUCKSKIN about 12 min
  8. VII. DECOYING THE ANTELOPES about 9 min
  9. VIII. A "PARTRIDGE DANCE." about 9 min
  10. IX. BASIL AND THE BISON-BULL about 8 min
  11. X. THREE CURIOUS TREES about 10 min
  12. XI. HOW TO BUILD A BARK CANOE about 8 min
  13. XII. THE CHAIN OF LAKES about 7 min
  14. XIII. WAPITI, WOLVES, AND WOLVERENE about 16 min
  15. XIV. A PAIR OF DEEP DIVERS about 10 min
  16. XV. A GRAND SUNDAY DINNER about 13 min
  17. XVI. THE MARMOTS OF AMERICA about 7 min
  18. XVII. THE BLAIREAU, THE "TAWNIES," AND THE "LEOPARDS." about 9 min
  19. XVIII. AN ODD SORT OF DECOY-DUCK about 13 min
  20. XIX. THE SHRIKE AND THE HUMMING-BIRDS about 6 min
  21. XX. THE FISH-HAWK about 9 min
  22. XXI. THE OSPREY AND HIS TYRANT about 17 min
  23. XXIII. FISHING UNDER THE ICE about 7 min
  24. XXIV. AN ODD ALARM about 14 min
  25. XXV. ENCOUNTER WITH A MOOSE about 10 min
  26. XXVI. LIFE IN A LOG-HUT about 10 min
  27. XXVII. TRAVELLING ON SNOW-SHOES about 8 min
  28. XXVIII. THE BARREN GROUNDS about 11 min
  29. XXIX. THE ROCK-TRIPE about 8 min
  30. XXX. THE POLAR HARE AND GREAT SNOWY OWL about 12 min
  31. XXXI. THE JUMPING MOUSE AND THE ERMINE about 6 min
  32. XXXII. THE ARCTIC FOX AND WHITE WOLF about 11 min
  33. XXXIII. THE JERFALCON AND THE WHITE GROUSE about 6 min
  34. XXXIV. THE HARE, THE LYNX, AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE about 8 min
  35. XXXV. THE "ALARM BIRD" AND THE CARIBOU about 10 min
  36. XXXVI. A BATTLE WITH WOLVES about 12 min
  37. XXXVII. END OF THE "VOYAGE." about 4 min
  38. I. THE BIGGEST WOOD IN THE WORLD about 6 min
  39. II. THE REFUGEES about 10 min
  40. III. THE POISON-TREES about 8 min
  41. IV. THE SUPPER OF GUAPO about 6 min
  42. V. THE PUNA about 8 min
  43. VI. THE WILD BULL OF THE PUNA about 7 min
  44. VII. THE "VAQUERO." about 6 min
  45. VIII. LLAMAS, ALPACOS, VICUÑAS, AND GUANACOS about 7 min
  46. IX. A VICUÑA HUNT about 7 min
  47. X. CAPTURING A CONDOR about 5 min
  48. XI. THE PERILS OF A PERUVIAN ROAD about 7 min
  49. XII. ENCOUNTER UPON A CLIFF about 6 min
  50. XIII. THE LONE CROSS IN THE FOREST about 9 min
  51. XIV. THE DESERTED MISSION about 5 min
  52. XV. THE GUACO AND THE CORAL SNAKE about 9 min
  53. XVI. THE PALM-WOODS about 7 min
  54. XVII. A HOUSE OF PALMS about 7 min
  55. XVIII. TRACKING THE TAPIR about 11 min
  56. XIX. THE POISONED ARROWS about 12 min
  57. XX. THE MILK-TREE about 7 min
  58. XXI. THE CANNIBAL FISH AND THE GYMNOTUS about 8 min
  59. XXII. THE CINCHONA-TREES about 6 min
  60. XXIII. A PAIR OF SLOW GOERS about 7 min
  61. XXIV. THE BARK-HUNTERS about 6 min
  62. XXV. THE PUMA AND THE GREAT ANT-BEAR about 9 min
  63. XXVI. ATTACK OF THE WHITE ANTS about 7 min
  64. XXVII. THE ANT-LION about 9 min
  65. XXVIII. THE TATOU-POYOU AND THE DEER CARCASS about 5 min
  66. XXIX. AN ARMADILLO HUNT about 6 min
  67. XXX. THE OCELOT about 11 min
  68. XXXI. A FAMILY OF JAGUARS about 9 min
  69. XXXII. THE RAFT about 8 min
  70. XXXIII. THE GUARDIAN BROTHER about 6 min
  71. XXXIV. THE VAMPIRE about 9 min
  72. XXXV. THE MARIMONDAS about 12 min
  73. XXXVI. THE MONKEY MOTHER about 6 min
  74. XXXVII. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST about 7 min
  75. XXXVIII. THE CROCODILE AND CAPIVARAS about 7 min
  76. XXXIX. FIGHT OF THE JAGUAR AND CROCODILE about 6 min
  77. XL. ADVENTURE WITH AN ANACONDA about 8 min
  78. XLI. A BATCH OF CURIOUS TREES about 7 min
  79. XLII. THE FOREST FESTIVAL about 8 min
  80. XLIII. ACRES OF EGGS about 9 min
  81. XLIV. A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO VERY SCALY CREATURES about 9 min
  82. XLV. A PAIR OF VALIANT VULTURES about 6 min
  83. XLVI. THE "GAPO." about 5 min
  84. XLVII. THE ARAGUATOES about 5 min
  85. XLVIII. BRIDGING AN IGARIPÉ about 6 min
  86. XLIX. THE MANATI about 8 min
  87. L. THE CLOSING CHAPTER about 5 min
  88. I. THE BOERS about 6 min
  89. II. THE KRAAL about 7 min
  90. III. THE SPRING-HAAN about 7 min
  91. IV. A TALK ABOUT LOCUSTS about 9 min
  92. V. THE LOCUST-FLIGHT about 6 min
  93. Chapter VI about 6 min
  94. VII. WATER! WATER! about 8 min
  95. VIII. THE FATE OF THE HERD about 8 min
  96. IX. A LION COUCHANT about 7 min
  97. X. THE LION IN THE TRAP about 8 min
  98. XI. THE DEATH OF THE LION about 6 min
  99. XII. THE TRAVELLERS BENIGHTED about 7 min
  100. XIII. THE TREK-BOKEN about 11 min
  101. XIV. SPOORING FOR A SPRING about 6 min
  102. XV. THE TERRIBLE TSETSE about 6 min
  103. XVI. THE LONG-HORNED RHINOCEROS about 7 min
  104. XVII. A HEAVY COMBAT about 9 min
  105. XVIII. THE DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT about 8 min
  106. XIX. TURNED HUNTERS about 4 min
  107. XX. JERKING AN ELEPHANT about 6 min
  108. XXI. THE HIDEOUS HYENA about 7 min
  109. XXII. STALKING THE OUREBI about 11 min
  110. XXIII. LITTLE JAN'S ADVENTURE about 7 min
  111. XXIV. A HOUSE AMONG THE TREE-TOPS about 6 min
  112. XXV. THE BATTLE OF THE WILD PEACOCKS about 9 min
  113. XXVI. UPON THE SPOOR about 9 min
  114. XXVII. A ROGUE ELEPHANT about 10 min
  115. XXVIII. THE MISSING HUNTER, AND THE WILDEBEESTS about 7 min
  116. XXIX. THE ANT-EATER OF AFRICA about 6 min
  117. XXX. HANS CHASED BY THE WILDEBEEST about 7 min
  118. XXXI. BESIEGED BY THE BULL about 6 min
  119. XXXII. A HELPLESS BEAST about 7 min
  120. XXXIII. THE ELEPHANT'S SLEEPING-ROOM about 6 min
  121. XXXIV. MAKING THE ELEPHANT'S BED about 6 min
  122. XXXV. THE WILD ASSES OF AFRICA about 8 min
  123. XXXVI. PLANNING THE CAPTURE OF THE QUAGGAS about 8 min
  124. XXXVII. THE PIT-TRAP about 7 min
  125. XXXVIII. DRIVING IN THE ELAND about 8 min
  126. XXXIX. A WILD RIDE ON QUAGGA-BACK about 10 min
  127. XL. THE GUN-TRAP about 7 min
  128. XLI. THE WEAVER-BIRDS about 6 min
  129. XLII. THE SPITTING-SNAKE about 5 min
  130. XLIII. THE SERPENT-EATER about 9 min
  131. XLIV. TOTTY AND THE CHACMAS about 8 min
  132. XLV. THE WILD HOUNDS AND THE HARTEBEEST about 12 min
  133. XLVI. CONCLUSION about 5 min

The opening of I. THE FUR COUNTRIES

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.

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