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  ADVENTURES IN MANY LANDS

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  THE BRAVE DEEDS SERIES

  _UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME_

  THE BLACK TROOPERS, AND OTHER STORIES

  A RACE FOR LIFE, AND OTHER TALES

  NOBLE DEEDS OF THE WORLD'S HEROINES. By Henry Charles Moore.

  THROUGH FLOOD AND FLAME. Adventures and Perils of Protestant Heroes. ByHenry Charles Moore.

  HEROES OF THE GOODWIN SANDS. By the Rev. T. S. Treanor, M.A.

  ON THE INDIAN TRAIL, AND OTHER STORIES OF THE CREE AND SALTEAUX INDIANS.By Egerton R. Young.

  REMARKABLE ADVENTURES FROM REAL LIFE.

  THROUGH FIRE AND THROUGH WATER. By T. S. Millington.

  FRANK LAYTON. An Australian Story. By George E. Sargent.

  THE REALM OF THE ICE-KING. A Narrative of Arctic Exploration. By T.Frost.

  THE FOSTER-BROTHERS OF DOON. A Tale of the Irish Rebellion. By E. H.Walshe.

  THE CAPTAIN'S STORY. By Captain E. F. Brooke-Knight.

  STEADFAST AND TRUE. By L. C. Silke.

  ADVENTURE STORIES: DARING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.

  HISTORICAL TALES FOR YOUNG PROTESTANTS.

  BRAVE SONS OF THE EMPIRE. By Henry Charles Moore.

  THE LOG OF A SKY-PILOT; or, Work and Adventure around the Goodwin Sands.By T. S. Treanor, M.A.

  SAXBY. A Tale of the Commonwealth Time. By Emma Leslie.

  WITHIN SEA WALLS. By E. H. Walshe and G. E. Sargent.

  THE HEROES OF MOSS HALL SCHOOL. A Public School Story. By E. C. Kenyon.

  A GREAT MISTAKE. A Story of Adventure in the Franco-German War. By T. S.Millington.

  THE TREASURE OF CHIN-LOO.

  LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.

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  THE WOUNDED ANIMAL SUDDENLY SPRANG OUT AT ME. _See page 59._]

  ADVENTURES IN MANY LANDS

  Told by

  ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM WEBSTER, ALFRED COLBECK, A. LEE KNIGHT,And Other Writers.

  _WITH THREE COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. GILLETT_

  LONDON

  THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY4 Bouverie Street & 65 St. Paul's Churchyard

  CONTENTS

  PAGEI

  A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE WITH HYENAS 5 _By C. Randolph Lichfield_

  II

  THE VEGA VERDE MINE 10 _By Charles Edwardes_

  III

  A VERY NARROW SHAVE 20 _By John Lang_

  IV

  AN ADVENTURE IN ITALY 31 _By J. Kinchin Smith_

  V

  THE TAPU-TREE 38 _By A. Ferguson_

  VI

  SOME PANTHER STORIES 49 _By Various Writers_

  VII

  A MIDNIGHT RIDE ON A CALIFORNIAN RANCH 69 _By A. F. Walker_

  VIII

  O'DONNELL'S REVENGE 84 _By Frank Maclean_

  IX

  MY ADVENTURE WITH A LION 105 _By Algernon Blackwood_

  X

  THE SECRET CAVE OF HYDAS 116 _By F. Barford_

  XI

  AN ADVENTURE IN THE HEART OF MALAY-LAND 155 _By Alexander Macdonald, F.R.G.S._

  XII

  A WEEK-END ADVENTURE 171 _By William Webster_

  XIII

  THE DEFLECTED COMPASS 193 _By Alfred Colbeck_

  XIV

  IN PERIL IN AFRICA 214 _By Maurice Kerr_

  XV

  KEEPING THE TRYST 227 _By E. Cockburn Reynolds_

  XVI

  WHO GOES THERE? 245 _By Rowland W. Cater_

  XVII

  A DROWNING MESSMATE 257 _By A. Lee Knight_

  XVIII

  THE PILOT OF PORT CREEK 266 _By Burnett Fallow_

  ADVENTURES IN MANY LANDS