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Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers

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Gordon Stables
"Wild Life in the Land of the Giants"
"A Tale of two Brothers"
- Chapter One.
  - Book I—Our Home by the Sea.
  - The Old Home by the Sea—Aunt Serapheema.
- Book I—Our Home by the Sea.
- The Old Home by the Sea—Aunt Serapheema.
- Chapter Two.
  - While Walking on the Sea-Beach.
- While Walking on the Sea-Beach.
- Chapter Three.
  - The Story of a Shipwreck—A Mystery—The Fate of Poor Joe.
- The Story of a Shipwreck—A Mystery—The Fate of Poor Joe.
- Chapter Four.
  - The Sound of War—First Sorrows—A Change in our Lives.
- The Sound of War—First Sorrows—A Change in our Lives.
- Chapter Five.
  - The Gallant “Thunderbolt”—Tom Morley, Bo’s’n’s Mate—A Strange Dream.
- The Gallant “Thunderbolt”—Tom Morley, Bo’s’n’s Mate—A Strange Dream.
- Chapter Six.
  - An Appalling Adventure—“We must Prepare for Instant Flight.”
- An Appalling Adventure—“We must Prepare for Instant Flight.”
- Chapter Seven.
  - Alone on the Moor—Adventure in the Cave.
- Alone on the Moor—Adventure in the Cave.
- Chapter Eight.
  - Good Advice from a Strange Quarter—Midnight and Anxiety.
- Good Advice from a Strange Quarter—Midnight and Anxiety.
- Chapter Nine.
  - A Midnight Drive—Arrival at Bristol—The Good Ship “Salamander”—How Tom Morley Died.
- A Midnight Drive—Arrival at Bristol—The Good Ship “Salamander”—How Tom Morley Died.
- Chapter Ten.
  - Book II—Patagonia and the Land of Fire.
  - A Strange Introduction—Saint Helena and Fun on Shore—Cape Town.
- Book II—Patagonia and the Land of Fire.
- A Strange Introduction—Saint Helena and Fun on Shore—Cape Town.
- Chapter Eleven.
  - Life at Sea—Poor Father’s Death—Mattie and I.
- Life at Sea—Poor Father’s Death—Mattie and I.
- Chapter Twelve.
  - “Come to me, Jack, I cannot come to you.”
- “Come to me, Jack, I cannot come to you.”
- Chapter Thirteen.
  - The Straits of Magellan—Firelanders—The Storm—The Ship Strikes.
- The Straits of Magellan—Firelanders—The Storm—The Ship Strikes.
- Chapter Fourteen.
  - We Leave the Doomed Ship—Pursued by Savages.
- We Leave the Doomed Ship—Pursued by Savages.
- Chapter Fifteen.
  - Lost in the Snowstorm—What we Saw in the Forest.
- Lost in the Snowstorm—What we Saw in the Forest.
- Chapter Sixteen.
  - A State of Siege.
- A State of Siege.
- Chapter Seventeen.
  - Fighting in Terrible Earnest—Our Last Sortie—Back to Back in Cornish Fashion.
- Fighting in Terrible Earnest—Our Last Sortie—Back to Back in Cornish Fashion.
- Chapter Eighteen.
  - The Story of our Rescue—A Dinner and a Ball—Peter and Dulzura.
- The Story of our Rescue—A Dinner and a Ball—Peter and Dulzura.
- Chapter Nineteen.
  - Book III—The Land of Giants.
  - All Alone on the Pampas—The Camp in the Cañon.
- Book III—The Land of Giants.
- All Alone on the Pampas—The Camp in the Cañon.
- Chapter Twenty.
  - A Wild Ride—Cooking an Ostrich Whole—Quiet Evenings round the Camp Fire.
- A Wild Ride—Cooking an Ostrich Whole—Quiet Evenings round the Camp Fire.
- Chapter Twenty One.
  - The “Murder Tree”—Wild and Exciting Sport—Jill and the Puma—Hostile Indians.
- The “Murder Tree”—Wild and Exciting Sport—Jill and the Puma—Hostile Indians.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
  - A Blinding Summer-Snowstorm—Peter as a Horseman—Peter in a Fix.
- A Blinding Summer-Snowstorm—Peter as a Horseman—Peter in a Fix.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
  - “Our Horses Stampeded”—“Poor Benighted Heathens!”—Jill’s Little Joke—Telling Jeeka the Story of the world—Adventure in the Haunted Wood.
- “Our Horses Stampeded”—“Poor Benighted Heathens!”—Jill’s Little Joke—Telling Jeeka the Story of the world—Adventure in the Haunted Wood.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
  - A Journey to the Country of the Gualichu—The Earthquake—a wondrous sight—“I will pray to the Great Good Spirit.”
- A Journey to the Country of the Gualichu—The Earthquake—a wondrous sight—“I will pray to the Great Good Spirit.”
- Chapter Twenty Five.
  - King Kaiso’s Land—A Regiment of Giants—Kaiso’s Witch—Condemned to Death.
- King Kaiso’s Land—A Regiment of Giants—Kaiso’s Witch—Condemned to Death.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
  - Castizo’s Idyllic Home in the Cordilleras—Preparing for winter—catching and Breaking Wild Horses.
- Castizo’s Idyllic Home in the Cordilleras—Preparing for winter—catching and Breaking Wild Horses.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
  - The Snow-Wind—Winter Life and Amusement—Death of “De Little Coqueet.”
- The Snow-Wind—Winter Life and Amusement—Death of “De Little Coqueet.”
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
  - The Dreaded River-Lion—Adventure on the Plains—Lost in a Snowstorm—“To Sleep were Death.”
- The Dreaded River-Lion—Adventure on the Plains—Lost in a Snowstorm—“To Sleep were Death.”
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
  - The Fight ’twixt Winter and Spring—A Never-to-be-Forgotten Evening—Attacked by Northern indians—The Fire.
- The Fight ’twixt Winter and Spring—A Never-to-be-Forgotten Evening—Attacked by Northern indians—The Fire.
- Chapter Thirty.
  - “It is better thus.”
- “It is better thus.”
- Chapter Thirty One.
  - On the Good Yacht “Magdalena”—“The very Seas used to sing to us”—The Home-Coming—The End.
- On the Good Yacht “Magdalena”—“The very Seas used to sing to us”—The Home-Coming—The End.

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