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EXPLORING THE ISLAND

ROGER T. FINLAY

ILLUSTRATED

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY New York Copyright 1914

"Before they had gone 20 feet, a large leopard-like animal sprang transversely across their path"

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

List of Figures

EXPLORING THE ISLAND

CHAPTER I

THE FOURTH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

Fig 1. The Orang-outan

CHAPTER II

THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS

Fig. 2 Types of Arrow-Heads.

CHAPTER III

THE BEAR FIGHT

Fig 3 The Bear

Fig. 4. Diagram of Their Trip

Fig. 5. Bevel Square

Fig. 6. Sighting the Direction

CHAPTER IV

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE YAKS

Fig. 7. Threshing Flail.

Fig. 8. Imperfectly leavened. Perfectly Leavened. Samples of Bread

Fig. 9. Air Pocket.

CHAPTER V

AN EXCITING HUNT

Fig. 10. Normal Crust of the Earth

Fig. 11. Mountain Upheaval

Fig. 12. Branch of the Camphor Tree.

CHAPTER VI

HUNTING VEGETABLES AND PLANTS

Fig. 13. Tanning Vat.

Fig. 14. Serrate. Fig. 15. Bi-serrate.

Fig. 16. Dentate. Fig. 17. Crenate.

Fig. 18. Cave Entrance.

CHAPTER VII

INVESTIGATING THE PROSPECTOR'S HOLE

Fig. 19. Fig. 20. Luxurious vegetation around stone and hole.

CHAPTER VIII

THE BULL FIGHT

Fig. 21. Fruit and Flower of Vanilla.

"George saw his peril and now realized that he could not possibly reach a place of safety"

Fig. 22. The Mysterious Brand on the Yak.

Fig. 23. Measuring Sound Pitch.

CHAPTER IX

EXCITING EXPERIENCES WITH THE BOATS

Fig. 24. Thermometer.

CHAPTER X

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY; AND THE SURPRISE

Fig. 25. Primary Battery

Fig. 26. Template for Drawing Wire.

"'What is this, a party?' said the professor. 'Yes, a birthday party,' said Harry"

CHAPTER XI

THE GRUESOME SKELETON

Fig. 27. Complete Battery with connections.

Fig. 28. Human Skull

CHAPTER XII

THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE

Fig. 29. Potters Wheel.

Fig. 30. Forming blade for inside of Crock.

Fig. 31. The Electric Arc.

Fig. 32. The Cave, and how it was charted.

CHAPTER XIII

THE EXCITING HUNT IN THE FOREST

Fig. 33. Betel Nut.

Fig. 34. The Giant Ant-eater

Fig. 35. Chart Showing How the Boys Were Lost

CHAPTER XIV

THE RAISING OF THE FLAG AND ANGEL'S PART IN IT

Fig. 36. Pole raising.

"Red Angel saw George's design, and without saying a word he slowly descended"

CHAPTER XV

MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS ON THE ISLAND

Fig. 37. Making Sheet Glass.

Fig. 38. Grafting. Fig. 39. Budding. Fig. 40. Inarching.

CHAPTER XVI

DISCOVERY OF THE SAVAGES' HUTS

CHAPTER XVII

THE GRIM EVIDENCE IN THE HILLS

CHAPTER XVIII

STRANGE DISCOVERY OF A COMPANION LIFEBOAT

GLOSSARY OF WORDS USED IN TEXT

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