The Big Otter

About this eBook

Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Accidents -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21718

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21718

Release Date

June 7, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."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. — The World of Ice and Snow. — 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. — The End.

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