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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ...Show synopsisThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ... he would not let me touch him. Whenever I reached forth my hand, he gave a cry of alarm which warned me very effectually to keep away. Half flying, half walking on the other foot, he made his way to the river bank, where he took some soft clay from the edge of the water and with his bill made a little mound of it. Then, by the same methods of locomotion, he went away a short distance and gathered some grass of a particularly tough variety. All the time he was seemingly oblivious of me, though I was close by and, as the reader may well imagine, watching him intently. Returning to the river bank with a liberal supply of the grass, he first washed the broken leg thoroughly in the stream. Then he smeared the broken place with soft clay, working fibres of grass into it meanwhile, then more clay, grass, and so on in distinct layers until the enlargement was about the size of a butternut. All the time he was pale, but very brave. It took him fifteen minutes by my jewelled repeater to set the leg. Afterward, for exactly one hour, he sat under an overhanging shrub with the injured member stretched out in front of him. His eyes were closed but his face wore an expression of great suffering. At the end of the hour, which must have been agony to him, he fluttered up into the nearest tree, and with great effort sawed off a small branch which had just the proper crotch. He stripped this of its leaves, put the crotch under his wing, and with this improvised crutch, went back to the cabin. He lay down on my pillow unrebuked, and I brought him a cup of water to moisten his parched lips. He gave me a thirsty peck, then drank eagerly. Poor Jim! That night, and indeed many a night afterward, my calloused cheek missed one of the firm, small feet to which it had become accustom...Hide synopsis
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is an EXACT...New. This item is printed on demand. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as miss.
Description:Peter Newell. Fair to Good. 8vo. ix, 231pp, coloured...Peter Newell. Fair to Good. 8vo. ix, 231pp, coloured frontispiece with partly detached tissue-guard and [7 of the original 8--one is missing] leaves of b/w plates, one is detached, bibliography. There is biro scribble in the upper margin of p43; there are erasure marks on the first page of text. Prev owner's name with place on the front flyleaf. The upper edge has a few stains. Fore-edge uncut. Or dec red cloth boards, a little worn at the edges and with a stained rear board. A reduced reproduction of one of the plates is laid down on the front board. The stories: Little Upsidaisi; Jagg, the Skootaway Goat; Snoof; Kitchi-Kitchi; Jim Crow; Hoop-La; Jenny Ragtail; and Hoot-Mon. A parody of the works of E.T. Seaton.
Description:BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.69 by 7 inches. This book is printed on...BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.69 by 7 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00042 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback )
Description:Fair. 231 pages; water staining to top right corner of rear...Fair. 231 pages; water staining to top right corner of rear board and spine tip; some soiling to boards, heavy edge wear, hinges split, some pages loosening but all text and illustrations present, stamp on endpapers "The Penny-Fiction Library";
Description:BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.69 by 7 inches. This book is printed on...BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.69 by 7 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00272 pages) [this book may have imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process]lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback )
Description:BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.69 by 7 inches. This book is printed on...BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.69 by 7 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00278 pages) [this book may have imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process]lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback )
