"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 WITHWILLIAM BOBBIN OF LIMEHOUSE WAS LEFT ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTHERNHEMISPHERE, AND THE ACCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES THAT SPRANG THEREFROM, THEWHOLE 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 TWOMARINERS
OF THE VOYAGE OF THE LOVEY SUSAN AND OF MY CONCERN THEREIN, ALSO THEDISTRESSFUL CASE OF WILLIAM BOBBIN
OF THE NAVIGATION OF STRANGE SEAS; OF MUTTERINGS AND DISCONTENTS, OFDESERTION, OF MUTINY AND OF SHIPWRECK
OF THE MEANS WHEREBY WE CHEATED NEPTUNE AND CAME WITHIN THE GRIP OFVULCAN; AND OF THE INHUMANITY OF THE MARINERS
OF CLAMS AND COCOA-NUTS AND SUNDRY OUR DISCOVERIES; AND OF OURREFLECTIONS ON OUR FORLORN STATE
OF OUR SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE AND SHELTER; WITH VARIOUS MATTERS OF MORECONSEQUENCE 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 WEPROVIDED OURSELVES WITH ARMS
OF PIGS AND POULTRY, AND OF THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE WILD DOGS, UPONWHOM WE MAKE WAR
OF THE NAMING OF OUR ISLAND—OF A FLEET OF CANOES, AND OF THE MEANSWHEREBY WE PREPARE TO STAND A SIEGE