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PALM TREE ISLAND
_BEING THE NARRATIVE OF_ HARRY BRENT _SHOWING HOW HE IN COMPANY WITH_WILLIAM BOBBIN _OF_ LIMEHOUSE _WAS LEFT ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTHERNHEMISPHERE, AND THE ACCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES THAT SPRANG THEREFROM, THEWHOLE FAITHFULLY SET FORTH_
_BY_
HERBERT STRANG
_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_
_ARCHIBALD WEBB AND ALAN WRIGHT_
LONDON
HENRY FROWDE
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
1910
Copyright 1909, by the G. H. Doran Company, in the United States ofAmerica.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER THE FIRST
OF MY UNCLE AND HIS HOBBY, AND WHAT CAME OF HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH TWOMARINERS
CHAPTER THE SECOND
OF THE VOYAGE OF THE _LOVEY SUSAN_ AND OF MY CONCERN THEREIN, ALSO THEDISTRESSFUL CASE OF WILLIAM BOBBIN
CHAPTER THE THIRD
OF THE NAVIGATION OF STRANGE SEAS; OF MUTTERINGS AND DISCONTENTS, OFDESERTION, OF MUTINY AND OF SHIPWRECK
CHAPTER THE FOURTH
OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE CHEATED NEPTUNE AND CAME WITHIN THE GRIP OFVULCAN; AND OF THE INHUMANITY OF THE MARINERS
CHAPTER THE FIFTH
OF CLAMS AND COCOA-NUTS AND SUNDRY OUR DISCOVERIES; AND OF OURREFLECTIONS ON OUR FORLORN STATE
CHAPTER THE SIXTH
OF OUR SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE AND SHELTER; WITH VARIOUS MATTERS OF MORECONSEQUENCE TO THE CASTAWAY THAN EXCITEMENT TO THE READER
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH
OF THE BUILDING OF OUR HUT, TO WHICH WE BRING MORE ENTHUSIASM THAN SKILL
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH
OF MY ENCOUNTER WITH A SEA MONSTER; AND OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WEPROVIDED OURSELVES WITH ARMS
CHAPTER THE NINTH
OF PIGS AND POULTRY, AND OF THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE WILD DOGS, UPONWHOM WE MAKE WAR
CHAPTER THE TENTH
OF THE NAMING OF OUR ISLAND--OF A FLEET OF CANOES, AND OF THE MEANSWHEREBY WE PREPARE TO STAND A SIEGE
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH
OF OUR SUBTERRANEOUS ADVENTURE, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WILD DOGSPROFITED BY OUR ABSENCE
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH
OF A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN BILLY AND THE NARRATOR--OF ANENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK, AND THE BUILDING OF A CANOE
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH
OF OUR ENTRENCHMENTS; OF THE LAUNCHING OF OUR CANOE, AND THE DEADLYPERIL THAT ATTENDED OUR FIRST VOYAGE
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH
OF OUR VOYAGE TO A NEIGHBOURING ISLAND, AND OF OUR INHOSPITABLERECEPTION BY THE SAVAGES
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH
OF THE SEVERAL SURPRISES THAT AWAITED BILLY AND THE NARRATOR AND THECREW OF THE _LOVEY SUSAN_; AND OF OUR ADVENTURES IN THE CAVE
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH
OF THE ASSAULT ON THE HUT, IN WHICH BOWS AND ARROWS PROVE SUPERIOR TOMUSKETS
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH
OF THE END OF THE SEA MONSTERS; AND OF THE EVENTS THAT LED US TORECEIVE THE CREW AS OUR GUESTS
CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH
OF THE DISCOMFITURE OF THE SAVAGES, AND THE UNMANNERLY BEHAVIOUR OF OURGUESTS
CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH
OF OUR RETREAT TO THE RED ROCK, AND OF OUR VARIOUS RAIDS UPON OURPROPERTY
CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH
OF ATTACKS BY LAND AND SEA; AND OF THE USES OF HUNGER IN THE MENDING OFMANNERS
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST
OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CREW ARE PERSUADED TO AN INDUSTRIOUS ANDORDERLY MODE OF LIFE
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND
OF OUR DEPARTURE FROM PALM TREE ISLAND; OF THOSE WHO WON THROUGH, ANDOF THOSE WHO FELL BY THE WAY
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