The Gorilla Hunters

The Gorilla Hunters

R. M. Ballantyne, scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894)


This ebook presents «The Gorilla Hunters», from R. M. Ballantyne. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- In which the hunters are introduced

-03- Life in the wild woods

-04- Wherein I mount guard

-05- Wherein will be found much that is philosophical

-06- Preparations for a grand hunt

-07- Dreaming and feeding and bloody work enlarged upon

-08- We Circumvent the Natives

-09- Peterkin distinguishes himself

-10- I discover a curious insect, and Peterkin takes a strange flight

-11- Water Appreciated

-12- How We Met With Our First Gorilla, And How We Served Him

-13- Peterkin’s Schoolday Reminiscences

-14- We get into The Thick of it

-15- Our Plans are Suddenly Altered

-16- An unexpected meeting

-17- An unfortunate delay, and a terrible visitor

-18- We visit a natural menagerie

-19- Strange and terrible discoveries

-20- Preparations for War, and Peculiar Drill

-21- A Warlike Expedition and a Victory

-22- Arrangements for pursuing the enemy

-23- We Meet with a Ludicrously Awful Adventure

-24- We see strange things

-25- A Long Chase

-26- I Have a Desperate Encounter and a Narrow Escape