The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains

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The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Mayne Reid.

Contents

• Captain Mayne Reid "The Plant Hunters"4
• Chapter One.5
• The Plant-Hunter.5
• Chapter Two.9
• Karl Linden.9
• Chapter Three.13
• Caspar, Ossaroo, and Fritz.13
• Chapter Four.17
• Is it Blood?17
• Chapter Five.24
• The Fishing-Birds.24
• Chapter Six.30
• The Teräi.30
• Chapter Seven.34
• Tapping the Palmyra.34
• Chapter Eight.38
• The Sambur Stag.38
• Chapter Nine.42
• A Night Marauder.42
• Chapter Ten.48
• A Talk about Tigers.48
• Chapter Eleven.52
• A Tiger taken by Birdlime.52
• Chapter Twelve.58
• A Rare Raft.59
• Chapter Thirteen.64
• The tallest Grass in the World.64
• Chapter Fourteen.68
• The Man-Eaters.68
• Chapter Fifteen.73
• The Death of the Man-Eater.73
• Chapter Sixteen.81
• Karl’s Adventure with the Long-Lipped Bear.81
• Chapter Seventeen.87
• Ossaroo in Trouble.87
• Chapter Eighteen.91
• The Axis and Panther.91
• Chapter Nineteen.99
• The Pests of the Tropics.99
• Chapter Twenty.105
• The Musk-Deer.105
• Chapter Twenty One.109
• The Glacier.109
• Chapter Twenty Two.115
• The Glacier Slide.115
• Chapter Twenty Three.119
• The Pass.119
• Chapter Twenty Four.123
• The Lone Mountain Valley.124
• Chapter Twenty Five.127
• Grunting Oxen.127
• Chapter Twenty Six.133
• The Yaks.133
• Chapter Twenty Seven.136
• Curing the Yak-Meat.136
• Chapter Twenty Eight.140
• The Boiling Spring.140
• Chapter Twenty Nine.145
• An Alarming Discovery.145
• Chapter Thirty.149
• Prospects and Precautions.149
• Chapter Thirty One.153
• Measuring the Crevasse.153
• Chapter Thirty Two.159
• The Hut.159
• Chapter Thirty Three.162
• The Barking-Deer.162
• Chapter Thirty Four.168
• The Argus-Pheasant.168
• Chapter Thirty Five.172
• Stalking the Yaks.172
• Chapter Thirty Six.176
• Caspar retreats to the Rock.176
• Chapter Thirty Seven.180
• Face to Face with a Fierce Bull.180
• Chapter Thirty Eight.185
• Caspar in the Cleft.185
• Chapter Thirty Nine.193
• The Serow.193
• Chapter Forty.198
• Ossaroo chased by Wild Dogs.198
• Chapter Forty One.206
• Ossaroo’s Revenge.206
• Chapter Forty Two.210
• The Crevasse Bridged.210
• Chapter Forty Three.215
• The Passage of the Crevasse.215
• Chapter Forty Four.221
• New Hopes.221
• Chapter Forty Five.227
• New Survey of the Cliff.227
• Chapter Forty Six.233
• Karl climbs the Ledge.233
• Chapter Forty Seven.238
• Karl in a Fix.238
• Chapter Forty Eight.241
• The Tibet Bear.241
• Chapter Forty Nine.245
• An Awkward Descent.245
• Chapter Fifty.250
• A Mysterious Monster.250
• Chapter Fifty One.256
• “Bang.”256
• Chapter Fifty Two.260
• Setting the Net.260
• Chapter Fifty Three.264
• Ossaroo stuck fast.264
• Chapter Fifty Four.268
• A Demand for Bear’s Grease.268
• Chapter Fifty Five.273
• Bear-Hunt by Torch-Light.273
• Chapter Fifty Six.280
• Lost in the Cave.280
• Chapter Fifty Seven.284
• A Ramble in the Dark.284
• Chapter Fifty Eight.289
• Cavern-Life.289
• Chapter Fifty Nine.292
• Exploration of the Cave.292
• Chapter Sixty.297
• Preserving the Bear’s-Meat.297
• Chapter Sixty One.301
• Dreams.301
• Chapter Sixty Two.305
• Hopes.305
• Chapter Sixty Three.309
• Light in Darkness.309
• Chapter Sixty Four.315
• Conclusion.315
• The End.316
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE319

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