THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE

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I
HIS LANDING
ON THE
ISLAND		II
HIS MEETING
WITH THE
BEETLE
III
HE LIBERATES
THE LOST
FAMILIES		IV
HE MAKES
FIRE
V
HE LEADS THE
PEOPLE TO
VICTORY IN
WAR		VI
HE IS
CROWNED
KING

THE
POPSIPETEL
PICTURE-HISTORY OF
KING JONG THINKALOT

The VOYAGES of
DOCTOR DOLITTLE

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
BY HUGH LOFTING
Published by
FREDK. A. STOKES Co.
at 443 Fourth Avenue New York A.D. 1922

Copyright, 1922, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages

First Printing,August 18, 1922
Second Printing,November 10, 1922
Third Printing,February 28, 1923
Fourth Printing,June 20, 1923
Fifth Printing,August 16, 1923
Sixth Printing,November 30, 1923
Seventh Printing,April 18, 1925
Eighth Printing,March 19, 1926
Ninth Printing,July 30, 1927
Tenth Printing,April 11, 1928
Eleventh Printing,June 19, 1929
Twelfth Printing,September 12, 1930
Thirteenth Printing,August 10, 1931
Fourteenth Printing, September 1, 1933

To
Colin
and
Elizabeth

CONTENTS

PART ONE
CHAPTERPAGE
Prologue[1]
I The Cobbler’s Son[3]
II I Hear of the Great Naturalist[8]
III The Doctor’s Home[15]
IV The Wiff-Waff[24]
V Polynesia[32]
VI The Wounded Squirrel[41]
VII Shellfish Talk[45]
VIII Are You a Good Noticer?[50]
IX The Garden of Dreams[55]
X The Private Zoo[60]
XI My Schoolmaster, Polynesia[65]
XII My Great Idea[70]
XIII A Traveler Arrives[75]
XIV Chee-Chee’s Voyage[80]
XV I Become a Doctor’s Assistant[84]
PART TWO
I The Crew of “The Curlew”[88]
II Luke the Hermit[91]
III Jip and the Secret[95]
IV Bob[99]
V Mendoza[105]
VI The Judge’s Dog[111]
VII The End of the Mystery[116]
VIII Three Cheers[121]
IX The Purple Bird-of-Paradise[126]
X Long Arrow, the Son of Golden Arrow[129]
XI Blind Travel[135]
XII Destiny and Destination[140]
PART THREE
I The Third Man[144]
II Good-Bye![151]
III Our Troubles Begin[155]
IV Our Troubles Continue[160]
V Polynesia Has a Plan[167]
VI The Bed-Maker of Monteverde[172]
VII The Doctor’s Wager[177]
VIII The Great Bullfight[184]
IX We Depart in a Hurry[193]
PART FOUR
I Shellfish Languages Again[198]
II The Fidgit’s Story[205]
III Bad Weather[221]
IV Wrecked![225]
V Land![233]
VI The Jabizri[239]
VII Hawk’s-Head Mountain[245]
PART FIVE
I A Great Moment[253]
II “The Men of the Moving Land”[262]
III Fire[266]
IV What Makes an Island Float[271]
V War![275]
VI General Polynesia[282]
VII The Peace of the Parrots[287]
VIII The Hanging Stone[291]
IX The Election[300]
X The Coronation of King Jong[308]
PART SIX
I New Popsipetel[314]
II Thoughts of Home[322]
III The Red Man’s Science[328]
IV The Sea-Serpent[332]
V The Shellfish Riddle Solved at Last[340]
VI The Last Cabinet Meeting[346]
VII The Doctor’s Decision[350]

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Popsipetel Picture-History of King Jong Thinkalot (in colors)[Frontispiece]
PAGE
“I would sit on the river-wall with my feet dangling over the water”[5]
“And in her right foot she carried a lighted candle!”[22]
“‘Being a good noticer is terribly important’”[53]
A traveler arrives[77]
“On the bed sat the Hermit”[101]
“Sat scowling down upon the amazed and gaping jury”[115]
“‘What else can I think?’”[133]
“‘Boy, where’s the skipper?’”[147]
“In these lower levels we came upon the shadowy shapes of dead ships” (in colors)[162]
“The Doctor started chatting in Spanish to the bed-maker”[175]
“Did acrobatics on the beast’s horns”[189]
“‘He talks English!’”[201]
“I was alone in the ocean!”[226]
“It was a great moment”[257]
The Terrible Three[279]
“Working away with their noses against the end of the island”[293]
“The Whispering Rocks”[295]
“Had to chase his butterflies with a crown upon his head”[317]
“‘Tiptoe incognito,’ whispered Bumpo”[353]

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE

THE VOYAGES OF
DOCTOR DOLITTLE