"WHEN I LET FLY THE ARROW IT SPED VERY TRUE." (See [page 335].)
PALM TREE ISLAND
BEING THE NARRATIVE OF HARRY BRENT SHOWING HOW HE IN COMPANY WITH WILLIAM BOBBIN OF LIMEHOUSE WAS LEFT ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND THE ACCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES THAT SPRANG THEREFROM, THE WHOLE FAITHFULLY SET FORTH
BY
HERBERT STRANG
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ARCHIBALD WEBB AND ALAN WRIGHT
LONDON
HENRY FROWDE
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
1910
Copyright 1909, by the G. H. Doran Company, in the
United States of America.
CONTENTS
OF MY UNCLE AND HIS HOBBY, AND WHAT CAME OF HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO MARINERS
OF THE VOYAGE OF THE LOVEY SUSAN AND OF MY CONCERN THEREIN, ALSO THE DISTRESSFUL CASE OF WILLIAM BOBBIN
OF THE NAVIGATION OF STRANGE SEAS; OF MUTTERINGS AND DISCONTENTS, OF DESERTION, OF MUTINY AND OF SHIPWRECK
OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE CHEATED NEPTUNE AND CAME WITHIN THE GRIP OF VULCAN; AND OF THE INHUMANITY OF THE MARINERS
OF CLAMS AND COCOA-NUTS AND SUNDRY OUR DISCOVERIES; AND OF OUR REFLECTIONS ON OUR FORLORN STATE
OF OUR SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE AND SHELTER; WITH VARIOUS MATTERS OF MORE CONSEQUENCE TO THE CASTAWAY THAN EXCITEMENT TO THE READER
OF THE BUILDING OF OUR HUT, TO WHICH WE BRING MORE ENTHUSIASM THAN SKILL
OF MY ENCOUNTER WITH A SEA MONSTER; AND OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE PROVIDED OURSELVES WITH ARMS
OF PIGS AND POULTRY, AND OF THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE WILD DOGS, UPON WHOM WE MAKE WAR
OF THE NAMING OF OUR ISLAND—OF A FLEET OF CANOES, AND OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE PREPARE TO STAND A SIEGE
OF OUR SUBTERRANEOUS ADVENTURE, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WILD DOGS PROFITED BY OUR ABSENCE
OF A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN BILLY AND THE NARRATOR—OF AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK, AND THE BUILDING OF A CANOE
OF OUR ENTRENCHMENTS; OF THE LAUNCHING OF OUR CANOE, AND THE DEADLY PERIL THAT ATTENDED OUR FIRST VOYAGE
OF OUR VOYAGE TO A NEIGHBOURING ISLAND, AND OF OUR INHOSPITABLE RECEPTION BY THE SAVAGES
OF THE SEVERAL SURPRISES THAT AWAITED BILLY AND THE NARRATOR AND THE CREW OF THE LOVEY SUSAN; AND OF OUR ADVENTURES IN THE CAVE
OF THE ASSAULT ON THE HUT, IN WHICH BOWS AND ARROWS PROVE SUPERIOR TO MUSKETS
OF THE END OF THE SEA MONSTERS; AND OF THE EVENTS THAT LED US TO RECEIVE THE CREW AS OUR GUESTS
OF THE DISCOMFITURE OF THE SAVAGES, AND THE UNMANNERLY BEHAVIOUR OF OUR GUESTS
OF OUR RETREAT TO THE RED ROCK, AND OF OUR VARIOUS RAIDS UPON OUR PROPERTY
OF ATTACKS BY LAND AND SEA; AND OF THE USES OF HUNGER IN THE MENDING OF MANNERS
OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CREW ARE PERSUADED TO AN INDUSTRIOUS AND ORDERLY MODE OF LIFE
OF OUR DEPARTURE FROM PALM TREE ISLAND; OF THOSE WHO WON THROUGH, AND OF THOSE WHO FELL BY THE WAY
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
BY ARCHIBALD WEBB
[ "WHEN I LET FLY THE ARROW IT SPED VERY TRUE] . . . . . . Frontispiece
(see [p. 335])
[ "ONE LIFTED THE PLANK AND AIMED A FURIOUS BLOW AT MY HEAD" ]
[ "THE BEAST WHEELED ABOUT, AND RUSHED UPON BILLY" ]
[ "I CRIED OUT TO HIM THAT A MONSTER WAS ATTACKING ME" ]
[ "ONE DAY I FOUND HIM TRYING TO SHAVE WITH A FLINT" ]
[ "THE BEAST HEAVED ITSELF CLEAN OUT OF THE WATER" ]
[ "BILLY REACHED OVER, AND BROUGHT HIS AXE DOWN ON THE MAN'S HEAD" ]
[ "I DEALT HIM SUCH A BLOW THAT HE FELL DOUBLED UP AT THE DOORWAY" ]
PEN-AND-INK SKETCHES
BY ALAN WRIGHT
[ OUR FLINT SCRAPER FOR SHARPENING AXES ]
[ BILLY'S SCRAPER FOR ROUNDING ARROW SHAFTS ]
[ CLAY SAUCEPANS, AND TONGS OF WOOD ]
[ CLAY PAIL, THE HANDLE OF A TOUGH ROOT, BOUND ON WITH SHRUNK HIDE ]
[ OUR SMALL HUT TURNED INTO A FOWL-HOUSE ]
[ JUG WITH BENT-WOOD HANDLE, AND CUP ]
[ THE BRUSH BILLY MADE, SHOWING ALSO THE MANNER OF IT ]
[ RAKE HEAD AND SCALLOP-SHELL HOE ]
[ MY CHAIR AND BILLY'S STOOL ]