Wild Adventures in Wild Places

About this eBook

Author

Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Hunting -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38262

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38262

Release Date

December 10, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Wild Adventures in Wild Places" — Chapter One. — Part I—The Moors and Fens of England. — In the Depths of the Forest—Frank and his Toad—A Day with the Hounds—The Furies’ Leap—“That Fox was my Fate.” — Chapter Two. — Frank undergoes the Process of “Hardening Off”—Camp-life on the Banks of the Thames—A Week among Rabbits—“’Ware Hare.” — Chapter Three. — Frank is thoroughly “Hardened Off”—Deer-stalking in the Highlands—Partridge, Pheasant, and Duck Shooting—“Good-bye”—“None but the Brave deserve the Fair.” — Chapter Four. — Part II—The Polar Ice-Fields. — Outward bound—Night in the Pack—The Aurora—The awful Silence of the Ice-fields—Seals! Seals!—The Battle with the Bladder-noses—Jack in the Box with a Vengeance—A Fight with Walruses. — Chapter Five. — The West Land of Greenland—A Fall! a Fall!—Danger on all Sides—“Man the Ice-saws”—Working for Life—Beset in the Dreary Pack. — Chapter Six. — Winter in the Ice-fields—The Ice breaks up—Sailing South—A Sledge Adventure—The Storm and Shipwreck—Afloat on an Iceberg—Land! land!—A terrible Journey—Cronstadt. — Chapter Seven. — Part III—The Russian Steppes. — Quiet days on the Kyra—Captain Varde’s happy Home—Fred Freeman’s Rustic Russian—The Captain tells a tale of Adventure. — Chapter Eight. — The Captain’s tale continued—Winter brings the Bears from the Mountains—The Tragedy in the Forest—Bears at Bay—Breast to breast with Bruin—Fred Freeman falls in love! — Chapter Nine. — The Russian Steppes (concluded). — Pleasant Times—A Glorious Hide—A Happy Christmas—Boar-hunting—Attacked by Wolves. — Chapter Ten. — Part IV—The Wilds of Africa. — Off to the Cape—Among the Rock Rabbits—A Wild Ride—Lost on the plains. — Chapter Eleven. — Cruising in the Dodo—The Bluebell—How oysters grow on trees—Away up the beautiful river—The Bluebell aground—Noontide on the river. — Chapter Twelve. — An Inland Lake—Enchanting Scenery—The Encampment—Tropical Storms—Hunting the Rhinoceros—Frank Unhorsed—Lyell’s Adventure with a Lion—Encounter with a Gorilla. — Chapter Thirteen. — Part V—The Indian Jungle. — A Tête-à-Tête Dinner—Letters from Home—The Journey Junglewards—The Camp and Scenery around it—A Sportsman’s Paradise—Lost in the Forest. — Chapter Fourteen. — Adventure with a Python—Moondah’s House—“The Tiger! The Tiger!”—Panthers—Hunting with the Cheetah—The Panther and the Boar. — Chapter Fifteen. — Elephant Hunting—The Elephant and Tiger—The Tusker’s Charge—The Runaway Elephant—The Man-eating Tigress. — Chapter Sixteen. — Part VI—Australia. — Convalescent at last—A Run to Australia—Set out for the Interior—The Scenery—A Queer Mistake—Frank’s Cousins. — Chapter Seventeen. — The Corobory—Native Arms—Quiet Life in the Australian Bush—Chisholm and Eros—A Day with the Kangaroo Hounds. — Chapter Eighteen. — Part VII—The Pampas. — Swallowed up in the Forest—Buenos Ayres—Away to the Wilds—A Colony of Highlanders—Frank to the fore. — Chapter Nineteen. — Chasing Wild Horses—Ostrich-Stalking—A Moonlight Ride—A Deed of Blood—Los Indios!—The Fight—Victory and Pursuit. — Chapter Twenty. — Part VIII—The Backwoods. — Rounding Cape Horn—Storm and Tempest—San Francisco—Guides for the Backwoods—The Group around the Camp-fire—A Wild Hunter’s Story. — Chapter Twenty One. — Dugald continues his story—A fearful storm—Attacked by wolves—Lost in the forest—Indians—The surrender—The escape—The mine of gold. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Merrie England—A Week at Willoughby Place—Our Heroes Part—A Pleasant Re-union, on which the Curtain drops.

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