THE END.
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
This day is Published, in fep. 8vo., neatly bound,
THE NEST HUNTERS;
OR, ADVENTURES IN THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
By WILLIAM DALTON, Esq.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS.
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | An Important Letter. |
| II. | A Great Calamity. |
| III. | Our Uncle's Last Will and Testament. |
| IV. | The Robbery and Abduction of Marie. |
| V. | We Run Away and take Service with Nest Hunters. |
| VI. | We set out on our Voyage. |
| VII. | The Old Chief. The "Strong One," the "Weak One," the "Handsome One." |
| VIII. | We descend into the Nest Caves. |
| IX. | My Adventures in the Nest Caves. |
| X. | I recognise the Nest Robbers. |
| XI. | A Search for a Mare's Nest |
| XII. | We "Bite the Biters," but are Overhauled by a Dutch Cruiser. |
| XIII. | We Sell our Nests, are taken Prisoners, but capture our Captors. |
| XIV. | History of our Captain: his Hatred of the Dutch. |
| XV. | Adventures with a Big Snake and a Man-eater. |
| XVI. | We pick up a Chinese Story-Teller, who sends us to Sleep. |
| XVII. | We are Hoodwinked by the Chinese, who Robs us of our All. |
| XVIII. | Wherein a Chief proves his Invulnerability by killing Himself. |
| XIX. | We visit the Capital of Blilling and witness Widow-Burning. |
| XX. | We return to the Coast and hear of an Old Enemy. |
| XXI. | The Wen-necked Hunchback and his Revelation to Prabu. |
| XXII. | We join a Tiger Hunt, but narrowly escape being Poisoned by a Chief. |
| XXIII. | A Fight, a Great Peril, and a Timely Rescue. |
| XXIV. | We land at Mojopahit and are imprisoned as Rebels. |
| XXV. | Through Woods and Wilds. |
| XXVI. | We hunt Tigers and discover some Old Acquaintances. |
| XXVII. | And Last, containing a Tolerably Happy Ending. |