Bunyip Land: A Story of Adventure in New Guinea

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Bunyip Land: A Story of Adventure in New Guinea by George Manville Fenn.

Contents

• George Manville Fenn "Bunyip Land"5
• Chapter One.6
• How I made my Plans and they were Endorsed.6
• Chapter Two.19
• How we prepared to start, and started.19
• Chapter Three.27
• How I made my first Charge with a Lance.27
• Chapter Four.36
• How I was not drowned, and how we chased that Schooner.36
• Chapter Five.41
• How we found Jack Penny.41
• Chapter Six.56
• How Jimmy was frightened by the Bunyip.56
• Chapter Seven.67
• How we stopped the Blackbird Catchers.67
• Chapter Eight.79
• How I ran from the Whitebird Catchers.79
• Chapter Nine.82
• How I was not made into Pie.82
• Chapter Ten.91
• How we saw Strange Things.91
• Chapter Eleven.101
• How Jack Penny was not satisfied with himself.101
• Chapter Twelve.106
• How Watch was kept by Night.106
• Chapter Thirteen.114
• How Jack Penny put his Foot in a Trap.114
• Chapter Fourteen.129
• How a strange Visitor came to Camp.129
• Chapter Fifteen.146
• How Jack Penny was persecuted by Pigs.146
• Chapter Sixteen.158
• How Jimmy was taken very bad indeed.158
• Chapter Seventeen.163
• How the Doctor gave Jimmy his Physics.163
• Chapter Eighteen.171
• How I nearly had an Arrow to drink.171
• Chapter Nineteen.187
• How we were besieged, and I thought of Birnam Wood.187
• Chapter Twenty.200
• How Jimmy turned up a Trump.200
• Chapter Twenty One.204
• How we retreated and were caught in a Tropic Storm.204
• Chapter Twenty Two.220
• How high the Water came.220
• Chapter Twenty Three.225
• We await our Fate.225
• Chapter Twenty Four.234
• How the Doctor took me in Hand.234
• Chapter Twenty Five.242
• How I was disposed to find Fault with my best Friend.242
• Chapter Twenty Six.257
• How I got into serious Difficulties.257
• Chapter Twenty Seven.266
• How I found that I had a Fellow-Prisoner.266
• Chapter Twenty Eight.278
• How I had a Visitor in the Night.278
• Chapter Twenty Nine.291
• How I heard English spoken here.291
• Chapter Thirty.300
• How I talked with my new Friend.300
• Chapter Thirty One.307
• How we made further Plans.307
• Chapter Thirty Two.318
• How we heard a Black Discussion and did not understand.318
• Chapter Thirty Three.326
• How I nearly made a terrible Mistake.326
• Chapter Thirty Four.331
• How Jimmy and I were hunted like Beasts.331
• Chapter Thirty Five.335
• How Jack Penny fired a straight Shot.335
• Chapter Thirty Six.341
• How the Doctor found a Patient ready to his hand.341
• Chapter Thirty Seven.347
• How we passed through a great Peril.347
• Chapter Thirty Eight.357
• How the Doctor said “Thank You” in a very quiet Way.357
• Chapter Thirty Nine.362
• How we took a last look round, and found it was time to go.362
• Chapter Forty.370
• How Jimmy cried “Cooee!” and why he called.370
• Chapter Forty One.374
• How Jimmy heard the Bunyip speak, and it all proved to be “Big ’Tuff.”374
• Chapter Forty Two.383
• How I must wind up the Story.383
• The End.386
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE388

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