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Title: Four Boy Hunters

Author: Captain Ralph Bonehill

Release Date: July 19, 2004 [eBook #12952]

Language: English

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FOUR BOY HUNTERS

or, The Outing of the Gun Club

by

CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL

CONTENTS

CHAPTERS
I. Target Shooting and a Plan
II. The Fire at the Saw Mill
III. Down the River
IV. The Disappearance of the Boat
V. Another Start
VI. A First Night in Camp
VII. Something About a Strange Animal
VIII. An Unwelcome Arrival
IX. A Night of Discomfort
X. Giant and the Maskalonge
XI. In a New Camp
XII. Shep and the Hollow Tree
XIII. Lost in the Woods
XIV. The Boys and the Wildcat
XV. The Cave in the Mountain
XVI. A Successful Deer Hunt
XVII. The Rival Campers
XVIII. A Mix-Up in Camp
XIX. Another Hunt After Dark
XX. In a Storm on the Lake
XXI. A Camp and a Prisoner
XXII. Rabbits, Nuts and a Snake
XXIII. After Mountain Brook Mink
XXIV. Ham Spink and the Skunk
XXV. Surrounded by Wolves
XXVI. Something About Trapping
XXVII. The Deserted Cottage
XVIII. The Boy Hunters and a Bear
XXIX. A Strange Meeting in the Forest
XXX. Words and a Blow
XXXI. The Forest Fire---Conclusion

PREFACE

My Dear Lads:

This tale of "_Four Boy Hunters_" is a complete story in itself, but
forms the first volume of a line to be called "_The Boy Hunters
Series_," taking the heroes through various adventures while searching
for big and little game in the woods and in the mountains.

The boys are bright, lively fellows of to-day, with a natural taste
for a life in the open, and a fondness for a gun and a rod. In the
present volume they organize their little club, and after a good
deal of talk obtain permission to go a number of miles from home
and establish a camp on the edge of a lake. From this spot they
are driven away by one who is their enemy, and then they go
elsewhere. They have fun and adventures in plenty, around the camp
and while out after bo