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"WHEN I LET FLY THE ARROW IT SPED VERY TRUE." (See page 335.)
PALM TREE ISLAND
BEING THE NARRATIVE OF HARRY BRENT SHOWING HOW HE IN COMPANY WITH WILLIAM BOBBIN OF LIMEHOUSE WAS LEFT ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND THE ACCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES THAT SPRANG THEREFROM, THE WHOLE FAITHFULLY SET FORTH
BY
HERBERT STRANG
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARCHIBALD WEBB AND ALAN WRIGHT
LONDON HENRY FROWDE HODDER AND STOUGHTON 1910
Copyright 1909, by the G. H. Doran Company, in the United States of America.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER THE FIRST
OF MY UNCLE AND HIS HOBBY, AND WHAT CAME OF HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO MARINERS
CHAPTER THE SECOND
OF THE VOYAGE OF THE LOVEY SUSAN AND OF MY CONCERN THEREIN, ALSO THE DISTRESSFUL CASE OF WILLIAM BOBBIN
CHAPTER THE THIRD
OF THE NAVIGATION OF STRANGE SEAS; OF MUTTERINGS AND DISCONTENTS, OF DESERTION, OF MUTINY AND OF SHIPWRECK
CHAPTER THE FOURTH
OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE CHEATED NEPTUNE AND CAME WITHIN THE GRIP OF VULCAN; AND OF THE INHUMANITY OF THE MARINERS
CHAPTER THE FIFTH
OF CLAMS AND COCOA-NUTS AND SUNDRY OUR DISCOVERIES; AND OF OUR REFLECTIONS ON OUR FORLORN STATE
CHAPTER THE SIXTH
OF OUR SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE AND SHELTER; WITH VARIOUS MATTERS OF MORE CONSEQUENCE TO THE CASTAWAY THAN EXCITEMENT TO THE READER
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH
OF THE BUILDING OF OUR HUT, TO WHICH WE BRING MORE ENTHUSIASM THAN SKILL
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH
OF MY ENCOUNTER WITH A SEA MONSTER; AND OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE PROVIDED OURSELVES WITH ARMS
CHAPTER THE NINTH
OF PIGS AND POULTRY, AND OF THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE WILD DOGS, UPON WHOM WE MAKE WAR
CHAPTER THE TENTH
OF THE NAMING OF OUR ISLAND—OF A FLEET OF CANOES, AND OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE PREPARE TO STAND A SIEGE
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH
OF OUR SUBTERRANEOUS ADVENTURE, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WILD DOGS PROFITED BY OUR ABSENCE
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH
OF A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN BILLY AND THE NARRATOR—OF AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK, AND THE BUILDING OF A CANOE
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH
OF OUR ENTRENCHMENTS; OF THE LAUNCHING OF OUR CANOE, AND THE DEADLY PERIL THAT ATTENDED OUR FIRST VOYAGE
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH
OF OUR VOYAGE TO A NEIGHBOURING ISLAND, AND OF OUR INHOSPITABLE RECEPTION BY THE SAVAGES
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH
OF THE SEVERAL SURPRISES THAT AWAITED BILLY AND THE NARRATOR AND THE CREW OF THE LOVEY SUSAN; AND OF OUR ADVENTURES IN THE CAVE
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH
OF THE ASSAULT ON THE HUT, IN WHICH BOWS AND ARROWS PROVE SUPERIOR TO MUSKETS
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH
OF THE END OF THE SEA MONSTERS; AND OF THE EVENTS THAT LED US TO RECEIVE THE CREW AS OUR GUESTS
CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH
OF THE DISCOMFITURE OF THE SAVAGES, AND THE UNMANNERLY BEHAVIOUR OF OUR GUESTS
CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH
OF OUR RETREAT TO THE RED ROCK, AND OF OUR VARIOUS RAIDS UPON OUR PROPERTY
CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH
OF ATTACKS BY LAND AND SEA; AND OF THE USES OF HUNGER IN THE MENDING OF MANNERS
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST
OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CREW ARE PERSUADED TO AN INDUSTRIOUS AND ORDERLY MODE OF LIFE
CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND
OF OUR DEPARTURE FROM PALM TREE ISLAND; OF THOSE WHO WON THROUGH, AND OF THOSE WHO FELL BY THE WAY
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
BY ARCHIBALD WEBB
"WHEN I LET FLY THE ARROW IT SPED VERY TRUE . . . . . . Frontispiece (see p. 335)
"ONE LIFTED THE PLANK AND AIMED A FURIOUS BLOW AT MY HEAD"
"THE BEAST WHEELED ABOUT, AND RUSHED UPON BILLY"
"I CRIED OUT TO HIM THAT A MONSTER WAS ATTACKING ME"
"ONE DAY I FOUND HIM TRYING TO SHAVE WITH A FLINT"
"THE BEAST HEAVED ITSELF CLEAN OUT OF THE WATER"
"BILLY REACHED OVER, AND BROUGHT HIS AXE DOWN ON THE MAN'S HEAD"
"I DEALT HIM SUCH A BLOW THAT HE FELL DOUBLED UP AT THE DOORWAY"
PEN-AND-INK SKETCHES
BY ALAN WRIGHT
BILLY'S AXE
OUR FLINT SCRAPER FOR SHARPENING AXES
BILLY'S PLATE AND MUG
SOME OF MY POTTERY
SPEARHEAD
BILLY'S BOW AND ARROW
BILLY'S SCRAPER FOR ROUNDING ARROW SHAFTS
CLAY SAUCEPANS, AND TONGS OF WOOD
OUR PIG-STY
KNIVES AND FORK
CLAY PAIL, THE HANDLE OF A TOUGH ROOT, BOUND ON WITH SHRUNK HIDE
BILLY'S PALM-LEAF HAT
OUR SMALL HUT TURNED INTO A FOWL-HOUSE
JUG WITH BENT-WOOD HANDLE, AND CUP
THE BRUSH BILLY MADE, SHOWING ALSO THE MANNER OF IT
COMB OF SPINES
SPADE CUT OUT OF A LOG
RAKE HEAD AND SCALLOP-SHELL HOE
OUR WHEELBARROW
OUR TABLE
MY CHAIR AND BILLY'S STOOL
OUR FISH-HOOKS
OUR GAFF AND LANDING-NET
OUR HARPOONS
OUR CANOE
OUR TRIPOD
BILLY'S TOASTING-FORK
OUR BASKETS
OUR LAMP
MAP OF PALM TREE ISLAND … … … … facing p. 96