The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island

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Author

Finlay, Roger T. (Roger Thompson), 1860-

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E-text prepared by Joe Longo, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Castaways -- Juvenile fiction

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Text

eBook-No.

20588

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20588

Release Date

February 16, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Wonder Island Boys
2. 2.EXPLORING THE ISLAND — ROGER T. FINLAY — ILLUSTRATED — THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY New York Copyright 1914 — "Before they had gone 20 feet, a large leopard-like animal sprang transversely across their path"
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.List of Figures
6. 6.EXPLORING THE ISLAND
7. 7.CHAPTER I — THE FOURTH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY — Fig 1. The Orang-outan
8. 8.CHAPTER II — THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS — Fig. 2 Types of Arrow-Heads.
9. 9.CHAPTER III — THE BEAR FIGHT — Fig 3 The Bear — Fig. 4. Diagram of Their Trip — Fig. 5. Bevel Square — Fig. 6. Sighting the Direction
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE YAKS — Fig. 7. Threshing Flail. — Fig. 8. Imperfectly leavened. Perfectly Leavened. Samples of Bread — Fig. 9. Air Pocket.
11. 11.CHAPTER V — AN EXCITING HUNT — Fig. 10. Normal Crust of the Earth — Fig. 11. Mountain Upheaval — Fig. 12. Branch of the Camphor Tree.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — HUNTING VEGETABLES AND PLANTS — Fig. 13. Tanning Vat. — Fig. 14. Serrate. Fig. 15. Bi-serrate. — Fig. 16. Dentate. Fig. 17. Crenate. — Fig. 18. Cave Entrance.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — INVESTIGATING THE PROSPECTOR'S HOLE — Fig. 19. Fig. 20. Luxurious vegetation around stone and hole.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — THE BULL FIGHT — Fig. 21. Fruit and Flower of Vanilla. — "George saw his peril and now realized that he could not possibly reach a place of safety" — Fig. 22. The Mysterious Brand on the Yak. — Fig. 23. Measuring Sound Pitch.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — EXCITING EXPERIENCES WITH THE BOATS — Fig. 24. Thermometer .
16. 16.CHAPTER X — THE BIRTHDAY PARTY; AND THE SURPRISE — Fig. 25. Primary Battery — Fig. 26. Template for Drawing Wire. — "'What is this, a party?' said the professor. 'Yes, a birthday party,' said Harry"
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — THE GRUESOME SKELETON — Fig. 27. Complete Battery with connections. — Fig. 28. Human Skull
18. 18.CHAPTER XII — THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE — Fig. 29. Potters Wheel. — Fig. 30. Forming blade for inside of Crock. — Fig. 31. The Electric Arc. — Fig. 32. The Cave, and how it was charted.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII — THE EXCITING HUNT IN THE FOREST — Fig. 33. Betel Nut. — Fig. 34. The Giant Ant-eater — Fig. 35. Chart Showing How the Boys Were Lost
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV — THE RAISING OF THE FLAG AND ANGEL'S PART IN IT — Fig. 36. Pole raising. — "Red Angel saw George's design, and without saying a word he slowly descended"
21. 21.CHAPTER XV — MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS ON THE ISLAND — Fig. 37. Making Sheet Glass. — Fig. 38. Grafting. Fig. 39. Budding. Fig. 40. Inarching.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI — DISCOVERY OF THE SAVAGES' HUTS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — THE GRIM EVIDENCE IN THE HILLS
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII — STRANGE DISCOVERY OF A COMPANION LIFEBOAT
25. 25.GLOSSARY OF WORDS USED IN TEXT
26. 26.THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY 147 Fourth Avenue New York
27. 27.THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS
28. 28.THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS — By ROGER T. FINLAY
29. 29.The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts
30. 30.Boy Scout Nature Lore to be Found in The Hickory Ridge Boy Scout Series
31. 31.THE Campfire and Trail Series — By LAWRENCE J. LESLIE
32. 32.Christy Mathewson's Book
33. 33.The Campfire and Trail Series — By LAWRENCE J. LESLIE

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