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Palm Tree Island By: Herbert Strang |
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[Frontispiece: "WHEN I LET FLY THE ARROW IT SPED VERY TRUE." (See page
335.)] PALM TREE ISLAND BEING THE NARRATIVE OF HARRY BRENT SHOWING HOW HE IN COMPANY WITH
WILLIAM BOBBIN OF LIMEHOUSE WAS LEFT ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE, AND THE ACCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES THAT SPRANG THEREFROM, THE
WHOLE FAITHFULLY SET FORTH BY HERBERT STRANG WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARCHIBALD WEBB AND ALAN WRIGHT
LONDON HENRY FROWDE HODDER AND STOUGHTON 1910
Copyright 1909, by the G. H. Doran Company, in the United States of
America.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER THE FIRST OF MY UNCLE AND HIS HOBBY, AND WHAT CAME OF HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO
MARINERS
CHAPTER THE SECOND OF THE VOYAGE OF THE LOVEY SUSAN AND OF MY CONCERN THEREIN, ALSO THE
DISTRESSFUL CASE OF WILLIAM BOBBIN
CHAPTER THE THIRD OF THE NAVIGATION OF STRANGE SEAS; OF MUTTERINGS AND DISCONTENTS, OF
DESERTION, OF MUTINY AND OF SHIPWRECK
CHAPTER THE FOURTH OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE CHEATED NEPTUNE AND CAME WITHIN THE GRIP OF
VULCAN; AND OF THE INHUMANITY OF THE MARINERS
CHAPTER THE FIFTH OF CLAMS AND COCOA NUTS AND SUNDRY OUR DISCOVERIES; AND OF OUR
REFLECTIONS ON OUR FORLORN STATE
CHAPTER THE SIXTH OF OUR SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE AND SHELTER; WITH VARIOUS MATTERS OF MORE
CONSEQUENCE TO THE CASTAWAY THAN EXCITEMENT TO THE READER
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH OF THE BUILDING OF OUR HUT, TO WHICH WE BRING MORE ENTHUSIASM THAN SKILL
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH OF MY ENCOUNTER WITH A SEA MONSTER; AND OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE
PROVIDED OURSELVES WITH ARMS
CHAPTER THE NINTH OF PIGS AND POULTRY, AND OF THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE WILD DOGS, UPON
WHOM WE MAKE WAR
CHAPTER THE TENTH OF THE NAMING OF OUR ISLAND OF A FLEET OF CANOES, AND OF THE MEANS
WHEREBY WE PREPARE TO STAND A SIEGE
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH OF OUR SUBTERRANEOUS ADVENTURE, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WILD DOGS
PROFITED BY OUR ABSENCE
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH OF A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN BILLY AND THE NARRATOR OF AN
ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK, AND THE BUILDING OF A CANOE
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH OF OUR ENTRENCHMENTS; OF THE LAUNCHING OF OUR CANOE, AND THE DEADLY
PERIL THAT ATTENDED OUR FIRST VOYAGE
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH OF OUR VOYAGE TO A NEIGHBOURING ISLAND, AND OF OUR INHOSPITABLE
RECEPTION BY THE SAVAGES
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH OF THE SEVERAL SURPRISES THAT AWAITED BILLY AND THE NARRATOR AND THE
CREW OF THE LOVEY SUSAN ; AND OF OUR ADVENTURES IN THE CAVE
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH OF THE ASSAULT ON THE HUT, IN WHICH BOWS AND ARROWS PROVE SUPERIOR TO
MUSKETS
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH OF THE END OF THE SEA MONSTERS; AND OF THE EVENTS THAT LED US TO
RECEIVE THE CREW AS OUR GUESTS
CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH OF THE DISCOMFITURE OF THE SAVAGES, AND THE UNMANNERLY BEHAVIOUR OF OUR
GUESTS
CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH OF OUR RETREAT TO THE RED ROCK, AND OF OUR VARIOUS RAIDS UPON OUR
PROPERTY
CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH OF ATTACKS BY LAND AND SEA; AND OF THE USES OF HUNGER IN THE MENDING OF
MANNERS
CHAPTER THE TWENTY FIRST OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CREW ARE PERSUADED TO AN INDUSTRIOUS AND
ORDERLY MODE OF LIFE
CHAPTER THE TWENTY SECOND OF OUR DEPARTURE FROM PALM TREE ISLAND; OF THOSE WHO WON THROUGH, AND
OF THOSE WHO FELL BY THE WAY
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY ARCHIBALD WEBB
"WHEN I LET FLY THE ARROW IT SPED VERY TRUE . . . . . . Frontispiece
(see p. 335) "ONE LIFTED THE PLANK AND AIMED A FURIOUS BLOW AT MY HEAD" "THE BEAST WHEELED ABOUT, AND RUSHED UPON BILLY" "I CRIED OUT TO HIM THAT A MONSTER WAS ATTACKING ME" "ONE DAY I FOUND HIM TRYING TO SHAVE WITH A FLINT" "THE BEAST HEAVED ITSELF CLEAN OUT OF THE WATER" "BILLY REACHED OVER, AND BROUGHT HIS AXE DOWN ON THE MAN'S HEAD" "I DEALT HIM SUCH A BLOW THAT HE FELL DOUBLED UP AT THE DOORWAY"
PEN AND INK SKETCHES BY ALAN WRIGHT
BILLY'S AXE OUR FLINT SCRAPER FOR SHARPENING AXES BILLY'S PLATE AND MUG SOME OF MY POTTERY SPEARHEAD BILLY'S BOW AND ARROW BILLY'S SCRAPER FOR ROUNDING ARROW SHAFTS CLAY SAUCEPANS, AND TONGS OF WOOD OUR PIG STY KNIVES AND FORK CLAY PAIL, THE HANDLE OF A TOUGH ROOT, BOUND ON WITH SHRUNK HIDE BILLY'S PALM LEAF HAT OUR SMALL HUT TURNED INTO A FOWL HOUSE JUG WITH BENT WOOD HANDLE, AND CUP THE BRUSH BILLY MADE, SHOWING ALSO THE MANNER OF IT COMB OF SPINES SPADE CUT OUT OF A LOG RAKE HEAD AND SCALLOP SHELL HOE OUR WHEELBARROW OUR TABLE MY CHAIR AND BILLY'S STOOL OUR FISH HOOKS OUR GAFF AND LANDING NET OUR HARPOONS OUR CANOE OUR TRIPOD BILLY'S TOASTING FORK OUR BASKETS OUR LAMP MAP OF PALM TREE ISLAND ... Continue reading book >>
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