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Title: Edge of the Jungle

Author: William Beebe

Release Date: June 24, 2008 [EBook #25888]

Language: English

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[Illustration: WILLIAM BEEBE
Author of Edge of the Jungle, Jungle Days, Gallapagos, World's End,
The Arcturus Adventure, etc.]

BY THE AUTHOR OF "JUNGLE DAYS,"
"THE LOG OF THE SUN," ETC.

EDGE OF THE

JUNGLE

By WILLIAM BEEBE

_Honorary Curator of Birds and Director of the Tropical
Research Station of the New York Zoological Society._

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING CO., INC.

COPYRIGHT, 1921

BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

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TO
THE BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES,
THE ANTS AND TREE-FROGS
WHO HAVE TOLERATED ME IN
THEIR JUNGLE ANTE-CHAMBERS
I OFFER THIS VOLUME OF
FRIENDLY WORDS

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NOTE

This second series of essays, following those in _Jungle Peace_, are
republished by the kindness of the Editors of _The Atlantic Monthly_,
_Harper's Magazine_ and _House and Garden_.

With the exception of _A Tropic Garden_ which refers to the Botanical
Gardens of Georgetown, all deal with the jungle immediately about the
Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society, situated
at Kartabo, at the junction of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers, in
British Guiana.

For the accurate identification of the more important organisms
mentioned, a brief appendix of scientific names has been prepared.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE LURE OF KARTABO 3

II A JUNGLE