Nat the Naturalist: A Boy’s Adventures in the Eastern Seas

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Nat the Naturalist: A Boy’s Adventures in the Eastern Seas by George Manville Fenn.

Contents

• G Manville Fenn "Nat the Naturalist"5
• Chapter One.6
• Why I went to my Uncle’s.6
• Chapter Two.10
• First Thoughts of Hunting.10
• Chapter Three.16
• How I Hunted the Lion in No-man’s-Land and what Followed.16
• Chapter Four.23
• The Remains of Poor Polly.23
• Chapter Five.28
• How my Uncle and I put Humpty Dumpty together again.28
• Chapter Six.35
• A Piece of Deceit that was not carried out.35
• Chapter Seven.40
• The Return of the Wanderer.40
• Chapter Eight.45
• I find myself a Brother Naturalist.45
• Chapter Nine.54
• Uncle Dick’s Boxes.54
• Chapter Ten.64
• All amongst the Bird Skins.64
• Chapter Eleven.70
• My Hopes.70
• Chapter Twelve.78
• Uncle Dick Says “Yes!”78
• Chapter Thirteen.82
• How I learned to shoot.82
• Chapter Fourteen.88
• How to manage a boat.88
• Chapter Fifteen.98
• Saying “Good-Bye!”98
• Chapter Sixteen.103
• Out on the Blue Water.103
• Chapter Seventeen.112
• The Malay Kris in strange Lands.112
• Chapter Eighteen.119
• I find the Black Ways Strange.119
• Chapter Nineteen.129
• Our Very Black friend.129
• Chapter Twenty.133
• Amongst Nature’s Treasures.133
• Chapter Twenty One.140
• Feeding in the Wilderness.141
• Chapter Twenty Two.145
• Company to Dinner.145
• Chapter Twenty Three.149
• How to prepare Skins, and go Fishing.149
• Chapter Twenty Four.159
• A Butterfly Hunt.159
• Chapter Twenty Five.163
• Why Ebony would not say Good-bye.163
• Chapter Twenty Six.173
• An Unknown Island.173
• Chapter Twenty Seven.177
• Fresh Treasures.177
• Chapter Twenty Eight.182
• A bit of a Scare.182
• Chapter Twenty Nine.189
• A strange Cry in the Woods.189
• Chapter Thirty.196
• A Curious Married Couple.196
• Chapter Thirty One.205
• Lost in the Forest.205
• Chapter Thirty Two.213
• Another Night Horror.213
• Chapter Thirty Three.217
• My Earthquake.218
• Chapter Thirty Four.224
• Many Feet of Unpleasantry.224
• Chapter Thirty Five.235
• Another Fishing Trip.235
• Chapter Thirty Six.244
• Ebo satisfies our Wants.244
• Chapter Thirty Seven.252
• Beauties in Plume.252
• Chapter Thirty Eight.255
• Ebo does not approve of New Guinea for Reasons that appear.255
• Chapter Thirty Nine.263
• Ebo’s Song of Triumph.263
• Chapter Forty.267
• We secure Fresh Treasures.267
• Chapter Forty One.274
• Our Terrible Losses.274
• Chapter Forty Two.279
• An Experiment in Boat-Building.279
• Chapter Forty Three.285
• Farewell to a Friend.285
• Chapter Forty Four.288
• Home Again.288
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE293

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