The Plant Hunters

About this eBook

Author

Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883

Title

The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Plant collectors -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

27981

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27981

Release Date

February 3, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."The Plant Hunters" — Chapter One. — The Plant-Hunter. — Chapter Two. — Karl Linden. — Chapter Three. — Caspar, Ossaroo, and Fritz. — Chapter Four. — Is it Blood? — Chapter Five. — The Fishing-Birds. — Chapter Six. — The Teräi. — Chapter Seven. — Tapping the Palmyra. — Chapter Eight. — The Sambur Stag. — Chapter Nine. — A Night Marauder. — Chapter Ten. — A Talk about Tigers. — Chapter Eleven. — A Tiger taken by Birdlime. — Chapter Twelve. — A Rare Raft. — Chapter Thirteen. — The tallest Grass in the World. — Chapter Fourteen. — The Man-Eaters. — Chapter Fifteen. — The Death of the Man-Eater. — Chapter Sixteen. — Karl’s Adventure with the Long-Lipped Bear. — Chapter Seventeen. — Ossaroo in Trouble. — Chapter Eighteen. — The Axis and Panther. — Chapter Nineteen. — The Pests of the Tropics. — Chapter Twenty. — The Musk-Deer. — Chapter Twenty One. — The Glacier. — Chapter Twenty Two. — The Glacier Slide. — Chapter Twenty Three. — The Pass. — Chapter Twenty Four. — The Lone Mountain Valley. — Chapter Twenty Five. — Grunting Oxen. — Chapter Twenty Six. — The Yaks. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — Curing the Yak-Meat. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Boiling Spring. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — An Alarming Discovery. — Chapter Thirty. — Prospects and Precautions. — Chapter Thirty One. — Measuring the Crevasse. — Chapter Thirty Two. — The Hut. — Chapter Thirty Three. — The Barking-Deer. — Chapter Thirty Four. — The Argus-Pheasant. — Chapter Thirty Five. — Stalking the Yaks. — Chapter Thirty Six. — Caspar retreats to the Rock. — Chapter Thirty Seven. — Face to Face with a Fierce Bull. — Chapter Thirty Eight. — Caspar in the Cleft. — Chapter Thirty Nine. — The Serow. — Chapter Forty. — Ossaroo chased by Wild Dogs. — Chapter Forty One. — Ossaroo’s Revenge. — Chapter Forty Two. — The Crevasse Bridged. — Chapter Forty Three. — The Passage of the Crevasse. — Chapter Forty Four. — New Hopes. — Chapter Forty Five. — New Survey of the Cliff. — Chapter Forty Six. — Karl climbs the Ledge. — Chapter Forty Seven. — Karl in a Fix. — Chapter Forty Eight. — The Tibet Bear. — Chapter Forty Nine. — An Awkward Descent. — Chapter Fifty. — A Mysterious Monster. — Chapter Fifty One. — “Bang.” — Chapter Fifty Two. — Setting the Net. — Chapter Fifty Three. — Ossaroo stuck fast. — Chapter Fifty Four. — A Demand for Bear’s Grease. — Chapter Fifty Five. — Bear-Hunt by Torch-Light. — Chapter Fifty Six. — Lost in the Cave. — Chapter Fifty Seven. — A Ramble in the Dark. — Chapter Fifty Eight. — Cavern-Life. — Chapter Fifty Nine. — Exploration of the Cave. — Chapter Sixty. — Preserving the Bear’s-Meat. — Chapter Sixty One. — Dreams. — Chapter Sixty Two. — Hopes. — Chapter Sixty Three. — Light in Darkness. — Chapter Sixty Four. — Conclusion. — The End.

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