BORIS THE BEAR-HUNTER [Illustration: "_The huge brute was in full pursuit of his young wife._" Page 248. ] BORIS THE BEAR-HUNTER [Illustration] _T. NELSON & SONS_ BORIS THE BEAR-HUNTER BY FRED WHISHAW LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK THOMAS NELSON AND SONS _CONTENTS_ _I. The Hunter Hunted_ 9 _II. Boris Finds a New Friend_ 17 _III. Boris Changes Masters_ 25 _IV. Boris Goes A-sailing_ 34 _V. How Peter the Great was knocked over_ 46 _VI. A Taste of the Knout_ 56 _VII. A Race for Life_ 70 _VIII. Boris and his Fellow-Officers_ 84 _IX. One Sword against Five_ 96 _X. A Night Ambush_ 108 _XI. A Battle against Odds_ 120 _XII. A Perilous Slide_ 132 _XIII. Boris Goes on the War-path_ 144 _XIV. Taken Prisoner_ 155 _XV. An Exciting Escape_ 167 _XVI. Home Again_ 181 _XVII. Off to England_ 193 _XVIII. How Boris threw a Big Dutchman Overboard_ 204 _XIX. Bad News from Moscow_ 215 _XX. Boris in Disgrace_ 228 _XXI. Nancy and the Big Bear_ 243 _XXII. A Wolf Maiden_ 253 _XXIII. A Notable Day among the Wolves_ 266 _XXIV. With the Tsar Again_ 278 _XXV. Boris has a Narrow Escape_ 290 _XXVI. How Boris Outwitted the Swedish Admiral_ 303 _XXVII. Small Beginnings of a Great City_ 315 _XXVIII. How the Swedes Erected a Gibbet for Boris_ 326 _XXIX. Mazeppa_ 340 _XXX. Russia's Great Day_ 353 _XXXI. Peace at Last_ 366 _LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_ "_The huge brute was in full pursuit of his young wife_" _Frontispiece._ "_That moment saved the Tsar's life_" 54 "_Slashing at the wolves which swarmed about him_" 81 "_In an instant the two were upon him_" 124 "_Out sprang Boris, and alighted with terrific force upon Menshikoff's back_" 186 "_Boris lifted his kicking legs and slid them over the bulwark_" 210 "_Bringing up his clenched fists together against the fellow's chin_" 337