CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Noddy’s Cocoanut Plantation]1
II.[Professor Snodgrass Arrives]9
III.[Off for Florida]22
IV.[The Giant Turtle]35
V.[The Professor’s Trick]43
VI.[Bob Gets a Scare]50
VII.[Killing a Manatee]59
VIII.[A Misfortune]69
IX.[News of Noddy]77
X.[Afloat Once More]84
XI.[The Houseboat]92
XII.[Jerry Is Hurt]100
XIII.[The Seminole Chief]109
XIV.[Caught in Saw Grass]118
XV.[The Big Snake]126
XVI.[An Unexpected Encounter]134
XVII.[Into a Strange Lake]142
XVIII.[The Wanderer Again]152
XIX.[A Plot Foiled]159
XX.[Bob Taken Ill]168
XXI.[Jerry Seeks Aid]175
XXII.[The Receding Water]183
XXIII.[The Professor Returns]191
XXIV.[In the Floating Forest]199
XXV.[A Cry for Help]207
XXVI.[The Plight of the Girls]215
XXVII.[Ottiby to the Rescue]221
XXVIII.[The Hurricane]229
XXIX.[Noddy’s Danger]234
XXX.[The Butterflies—Conclusion]242

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE CREATURE WAS LASHING ABOUT IN A DEATH STRUGGLE]
[THE TURTLE KEPT TURNING TO REACH THE MEAT]
[THERE WAS A CONFUSED TANGLE OF MAN AND SNAKE ON THE GROUND]
[NODDY GAVE ONE LOOK AT THE WRITHING SAURIAN]

[THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS]

[CHAPTER I]
NODDY’S COCOANUT PLANTATION

“Shut your eyes,” called Bob Baker to his friend Jerry Hopkins, as the two boys sat in the library of Bob’s home.

“What for?”