The Gorilla Hunters
by R. M. Ballantyne
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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
- Gorilla -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21736
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21736
- Release Date
- June 7, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."The Gorilla Hunters" — Chapter One. — In which the hunters are introduced. — Chapter Two. — Life in the wild woods. — Chapter Three. — Wherein I mount guard, and how I did it, etcetera. — Chapter Four. — Wherein will be found much that is philosophical. — Chapter Five. — Preparations for a grand hunt. — Chapter Six. — Dreaming and feeding and bloody work enlarged upon. — Chapter Seven. — We Circumvent the Natives. — Chapter Eight. — Peterkin distinguishes himself, and Okandaga is disposed of, etcetera. — Chapter Nine. — I discover a curious insect, and Peterkin takes a strange flight. — Chapter Ten. — Water Appreciated—Destructive Files, Etcetera. — Chapter Eleven. — How We Met With Our First Gorilla, And How We Served Him. — Chapter Twelve. — Peterkin’s Schoolday Reminiscences. — Chapter Thirteen. — We get into “The Thick of it”—Great Success. — Chapter Fourteen. — Our Plans are Suddenly Altered—Wicked Designs Discovered. — Chapter Fifteen. — An unexpected meeting—We fly, and I make a narrow escape from an appalling fate. — Chapter Sixteen. — An unfortunate delay, and a terrible visitor. — Chapter Seventeen. — We visit a natural menagerie, see wonderful sights, and meet with strange adventures. — Chapter Eighteen. — Strange and terrible discoveries—Jack is made commander-in-chief of an army. — Chapter Nineteen. — Preparations for War, and Peculiar Drill. — Chapter Twenty. — A Warlike Expedition and a Victory. — Chapter Twenty One. — Arrangements for pursuing the enemy, and sudden change of plans. — Chapter Twenty Two. — We Meet with a Ludicrously Awful Adventure. — Chapter Twenty Three. — We see strange things, and give our negro friends the slip. — Chapter Twenty Four. — A Long Chase, and a Happy Termination Thereof. — Chapter Twenty Five. — I Have a Desperate Encounter and a Narrow Escape. — The End.
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