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The World of the Great Forest

The World of the Great Forest

by Paul B. Du Chaillu

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Author
Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903
Title
The world of the great forest : how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work, and live
Original Publication
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1900.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Animals -- Juvenile fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 75327
Release Date
February 9, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The World of the Great Forest How Animals, Birds, Reptiles, Insects Talk, Think, Work, and Live
  2. 2.Introduction
  3. 3.Contents
  4. 4.List of Full-Page Illustrations
  5. 5.CHAPTER I THE GUANIONIEN, OR GIANT EAGLE
  6. 6.CHAPTER II THE GUANIONIENS’ DEPARTURE FOR THE LAND OF PLENTY
  7. 7.CHAPTER III THE NGOZOS, OR GRAY PARROTS WITH RED TAILS
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE NKEMAS, OR MONKEYS, TRAVEL TOWARD THE LAND OF PLENTY
  9. 9.CHAPTER V ARRIVAL OF THE NGOZOS AND NKEMAS IN THE LAND OF PLENTY
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI THE NIGHT ANIMALS
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII THE NJEGO, OR LEOPARD
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII BIRTH OF THREE LITTLE NJEGOS
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE BIG NJEGO BECOMES A MAN-EATER
  14. 14.CHAPTER X THE HAKOS, OR ANTS
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE NCHELLELAYS, OR WHITE ANTS
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE GIANT NCHELLELAYS
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII THE NGOMBAS, OR PORCUPINES
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE IPI, OR GIANT ANT-EATER
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE NGOMBA, OR PORCUPINE—THE IZOMBA, OR TURTLE—THE IPI, OR ANT-EATER
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE NGOOBOO, OR HIPPOPOTAMUS
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII A FIGHT FOR MISS NGOOBOO
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII THE FIVE APES, OR MEN OF THE WOODS
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX THE NGINAS, OR GORILLAS, AND NJOKOOS, OR ELEPHANTS
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX THE NGINAS TRAVEL TO A PLANTAIN FIELD; THEIR STRANGE ADVENTURES
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI THE NJOKOOS, OR ELEPHANTS, TRAVEL TO THE PLANTAIN FIELD
  26. 26.XXII ARRIVAL OF THE HUMAN BEINGS WHO OWN THE PLANTAIN FIELD
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE THREE NGINAS KILLED BY HUNTERS
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV THE OMEMBAS, OR SNAKES
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV A HUGE OMBAMA, OR PYTHON
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI THE NTOTO, OR ICHNEUMON
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII THE IBOBOTI, OR SPIDER
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII THE TRAP-DOOR IBOBOTI, OR BURROW SPIDER
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX THE HOUSE IBOBOTI, OR NIGHT SPIDER
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX THE NYOI, OR WASP, AND THE IBOBOTI
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI THE TWO NKENGOS, OR PALE-FACED APES
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII A BABY NKENGO IS BORN TO THE OLD NKENGOS
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII THE NGANDOS, OR CROCODILES
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV THE OGATA, OR BURROW CROCODILE
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV THE KAMBIS, OR ANTELOPES, THE NCHERIS, OR GAZELLES, AND THE BONGO
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI THE OSHINGI, OR CIVET
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII THE INSECTS, APILIBISHES, OR BUTTERFLIES, AND OSELIS, OR LIZARDS
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII THE NJOKOOS, OR ELEPHANTS
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX ADVENTURES OF THE NEW NJOKOOS
  44. 44.CHAPTER XL EVIL DAYS FOR THE NJOKOOS
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLI NJOKOOS AND THEIR BABIES
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLII THE MBOYOS, OR JACKALS
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII THE NSHIEYS, OR FISH, AND THEIR ENEMIES
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV THE KONGOO, ONE OF THE FISHING EAGLES
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLV THE BASHIKOUAY ANTS
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI THE DARKENING OF THE DAY
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII THE NTUNGOOLOOYA, OR KINGFISHER
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII THE OBONGOS, OR DWARFS
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX ADVENTURES OF A NKENGO AND A NSHIEGO
  54. 54.GLOSSARY OF NATIVE ANIMAL-NAMES

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