MAROONED IN THE FOREST
Reading edition
THE STORY OF A PRIMITIVE FIGHT FOR LIFE
BY
A. HYATT VERRILL
AUTHOR OF
“HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
Books by
ALPHEUS HYATT VERRILL
MAROONED IN THE FOREST. Illustrated.
HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS. Illustrated. 8vo
HARPER’S WIRELESS BOOK Illustrated. Crown 8vo
HARPER’S AIR CRAFT FOR BOYS Illustrated. Crown 8vo
HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG GARDENERS. Crown 8vo
HARPER’S GASOLINE-ENGINE BOOK. Illustrated Crown 8vo.
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
Marooned in the Forest
Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published May, 1916
CONTENTS
Preface
I.Alone in the Wilderness
II.Food and Shelter
III.Important Discoveries
IV.I Set Forth on My Journey
V.I Go a-Fishing
VI.I Meet with an Accident
VII.Crippled
VIII.A Midnight Visitor
IX.Winter Sets In
X.Back to the Primitive
XI.An Unexpected Meeting
XII.Strange Adventures
XIII.Spring Approaches
XIV.I Find a Companion
XV.The End of the Trail
ILLUSTRATIONS
A Crusoe of the Wilderness
“I Called Out Joe’s Name”
“I Emptied the Contents of My Pockets on a Rock”
“I Struck the Stone with My Knife-blade”
Setting the Deadfall
“I Plucked a Bit of the Queer Growth and Tasted It”
“With Steady Strokes I Whirled the Drill Around and Around”
“I Aimed at the Sleek, Brown Body”
“I Looked upon a Broad, Fair Valley”