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Title: The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island

Author: Roger Thompson Finlay

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THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS: EXPLORING THE ISLAND

by

ROGER T. FINLAY

Illustrated

The New York Book Company
New York
Copyright 1914

[Illustration: _"Before they had gone 20 feet, a large leopard-like
animal sprang transversely across their path"_]

CONTENTS

I. THE FOURTH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

The journey into the forest. Restlessness of the yaks. The alarm.
Wild animals. George Mayfield and Harry Crandall. Their companion,
an aged Professor. Their history. How they were shipwrecked. Thrown
on an island without weapons, tools, food, or any of the
requirements of life. What they had accomplished previous to the
opening of this chapter. Making tools. Capturing yaks and training
them. The three previous expeditions, and what they discovered. The
mysterious occurrences. The fourth voyage of discovery. Losing
sight of the strange animals. The forest. Discovering orang-outans.
Capturing a young orang. Christening the "Baby." Its strange and
restless actions. A shot. A wild animal. The wildcat. Enemy of the
orang-outan. Distances deceptive, and why. Peculiar sensations at
altitudes. Tableland. The fifth day. Discovery of a broad river.
Progress barred.

II. THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS

A mountain chain beyond the river. Advent