Captured by Apes; or, How Philip Garland Became King of Apeland

Name: Captured by Apes; or, How Philip Garland Became King of Apeland
Author: Prentice, Harry

Prentice, Harry

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                            CAPTURED BY APES;

                                   OR,

                    HOW PHILIP GARLAND BECAME KING OF
                                APELAND.

                           BY HARRY PRENTICE.

      Author of “The Slate-Picker,” “Captured by Zulus,” etc., etc.

                              ILLUSTRATED.

                             [Illustration]

                                NEW YORK
                          A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER,

                     COPYRIGHT 1892, BY A. L. BURT.




THE KING OF APELAND.


Transcriber’s Note: This table of contents has been added as a
convenience for the reader.

    CHAPTER I.          THE DEALER IN ANIMALS
    CHAPTER II.         MAGOG’S REVENGE
    CHAPTER III.        A TERRIBLE NIGHT
    CHAPTER IV.         THE WRECK
    CHAPTER V.          ASHORE
    CHAPTER VI.         DISAGREEABLE NEIGHBORS
    CHAPTER VII.        A SINGULAR DISAPPEARANCE
    CHAPTER VIII.       A PERILOUS PREDICAMENT
    CHAPTER IX.         A TERRIBLE FIGHT
    CHAPTER X.          A REMARKABLE GATHERING
    CHAPTER XI.         AN ODD VILLAGE
    CHAPTER XII.        THE TREASURE-CAVE
    CHAPTER XIII.       TREASURE-GATHERING
    CHAPTER XIV.        THE BABOON TASK-MASTER
    CHAPTER XV.         A MONKEY-FEAST
    CHAPTER XVI.        AN APISH ORGY
    CHAPTER XVII.       INCONVENIENT MEMORIES
    CHAPTER XVIII.      FROM THE FRYING-PAN TO THE FIRE
    CHAPTER XIX.        BESIEGED
    CHAPTER XX.         CAPTAIN SEAWORTH’S JOURNAL
    CHAPTER XXI.        A HAPPY DISCOVERY
    CHAPTER XXII.       SOLVING THE MYSTERY
    CHAPTER XXIII.      THE BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES
    CHAPTER XXIV.       A METAMORPHOSIS
    CHAPTER XXV.        THE NEW KING
    CHAPTER XXVI.       A KINGLY GRAVE-DIGGER
    CHAPTER XXVII.      A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
    CHAPTER XXVIII.     A ROYAL INVALID
    CHAPTER XXIX.       EXCESSIVE AFFECTION
    CHAPTER XXX.        THE RETREAT
    CHAPTER XXXI.       THE RETURN OF THE COLONISTS
    CHAPTER XXXII.      A BOATSWAIN’S FATE
    CHAPTER XXXIII.     A PITCHED BATTLE
    CHAPTER XXXIV.      APISH STRATEGY
    CHAPTER XXXV.       THE RETREAT
    CHAPTER XXXVI.      A DISAPPOINTMENT




CHAPTER I.

THE DEALER IN ANIMALS.


Several years ago, or, to speak more accurately, in 1871, Philip Garland,
a young man of not more than seventeen years, succeeded his father in the
business of buying, selling and training wild animals, making a specialty
of those belonging to the monkey kingdom.

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Captured by Apes; or, How Philip Garland Became King of Apeland

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