Popular Adventure Tales

CONTENTS

THE YOUNG VOYAGEURS

OR

BOY HUNTERS IN THE NORTH.


_CHAPTER I_ PAGE
THE FUR COUNTRIES 13

_CHAPTER II_
THE YOUNG VOYAGEURS 16

_CHAPTER III_
THE TRUMPETER SWAN AND THE BALD EAGLE 22

_CHAPTER IV_
A SWAN-HUNT BY TORCHLIGHT 29

_CHAPTER V_
"CAST AWAY" 34

_CHAPTER VI_
A BRIDGE OF BUCKSKIN 37

_CHAPTER VII_
DECOYING THE ANTELOPES 41

_CHAPTER VIII_
"A PARTRIDGE DANCE" 45

_CHAPTER IX_
BASIL AND THE BISON-BULL 48

_CHAPTER X_
THREE CURIOUS TREES 52

_CHAPTER XI_
HOW TO BUILD A BARK CANOE 56

_CHAPTER XII_
THE CHAIN OF LAKES 59

_CHAPTER XIII_
WAPITI, WOLVES, AND WOLVERENE 62

_CHAPTER XIV_
A PAIR OF DEEP DIVERS 69

_CHAPTER XV_
A GRAND SUNDAY DINNER 73

_CHAPTER XVI_
THE MARMOTS OF AMERICA 79

_CHAPTER XVII_
THE BLAIREAU, THE "TAWNIES," AND THE "LEOPARDS" 82

_CHAPTER XVIII_
AN ODD SORT OF DECOY-DUCK 86

_CHAPTER XIX_
THE SHRIKE AND THE HUMMING-BIRDS 91

_CHAPTER XX_
THE FISH-HAWK 94

_CHAPTER XXI_
THE OSPREY AND HIS TYRANT 97

_CHAPTER XXII_
THE VOYAGE INTERRUPTED 102

_CHAPTER XXIII_
FISHING UNDER THE ICE 105

_CHAPTER XXIV_
AN ODD ALARM 107

_CHAPTER XXV_
ENCOUNTER WITH A MOOSE 113

_CHAPTER XXVI_
LIFE IN A LOG-HUT 117

_CHAPTER XXVII_
TRAVELLING ON SNOW-SHOES 121

_CHAPTER XXVIII_
THE BARREN GROUNDS 125

_CHAPTER XXIX_
THE ROCK-TRIPE 130

_CHAPTER XXX_
THE POLAR HARE AND THE GREAT SNOWY OWL 133

_CHAPTER XXXI_
THE JUMPING MOUSE AND THE ERMINE 138

_CHAPTER XXXII_
THE ARCTIC FOX AND WHITE WOLF 140

_CHAPTER XXXIII_
THE JERFALCON AND THE WHITE GROUSE 145

_CHAPTER XXXIV_
THE HARE, THE LYNX, AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE 147

_CHAPTER XXXV_
THE "ALARM BIRD" AND THE CARIBOU 151

_CHAPTER XXXVI_
A BATTLE WITH WOLVES 155

_CHAPTER XXXVII_
END OF THE "VOYAGE" 160


THE FOREST EXILES,

OR

ADVENTURES AMID THE WILDS OF THE AMAZON

_CHAPTER I_
THE BIGGEST WOOD IN THE WORLD 162

_CHAPTER II_
THE REFUGEES 164

_CHAPTER III_
THE POISON-TREES 169

_CHAPTER IV_
THE SUPPER OF GUAPO 173

_CHAPTER V_
THE PUNA 175

_CHAPTER VI_
THE WILD BULL OF THE PUNA 179

_CHAPTER VII_
THE "VAQUERO" 181

_CHAPTER VIII_
LLAMAS, ALPACOS, VICUÑAS, AND GUANACOS 184

_CHAPTER IX_
A VICUÑA HUNT 187

_CHAPTER X_
CAPTURING A CONDOR 189

_CHAPTER XI_
THE PERILS OF A PERUVIAN ROAD 191

_CHAPTER XII_
ENCOUNTER UPON A CLIFF 194

_CHAPTER XIII_
THE LONE CROSS IN THE FOREST 197

_CHAPTER XIV_
THE DESERTED MISSION 201

_CHAPTER XV_
THE GUACO AND THE CORAL SNAKE 203

_CHAPTER XVI_
THE PALM-WOODS 207

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