  ILLUSTRATIONS. COLOURED PLATES. Close on His Heels, Frontispiece The Boy Doctor, facing p. 64 A Fight to a Finish, facing p. 128 Opportunity Makes the Thief, facing p. 192 'Chorus, Please!' facing p. 256 Tent Pegging, facing p. 320 Page A Brave Lad 309 A Chatterbox Costume 348 A Clay Grain Storehouse 293 A Contest with the Longbow 213 A Cow Waggon Encamped and on the March 364 'All went well at first' 392 'A Madi village being removed' 253 An Arab Bakery 357 'A native lay at the foot of a tree' 129 'A terrible sight met their view' 289 'A wren built its nest in the pocket' 325 'By waters still in sweet spring-time' 388 'Charlie Eccles half lay, half sat upon the ground' 97 'Colonel Smith emptied the glass' 361 'Concealment was impossible' 137 Crossbow and Arrows used for Sport 213 Egyptian 'Sakiveh' 44 Egyptian 'Shadoof' 44 'Fast Asleep!' 301 'Father, is that my present?' 377 'Fire!' 244 'Give me back my money' 356 Grain Huts 293 'He finished by backing hard into the small wooden gate' 400 'He handed John an official paper' 180 'He has a winning tongue' 408 'He placed a sovereign on the counter' 121 'He placed the "drum" on a chair, and practised diligently' 33 'He ran out just as he was' 84 'Here is a nice little bit of work for you, my lad' 268 'He sat silent, waiting for the reply' 265 'He seized one of the ladders' 85 'He staggered forward and reached the landing' 240 'He swung himself off the ground' 329 'He was chaired all round Covent Garden' 156 'He was greeted by a jet of water' 152 'His shoulder caught me as he passed' 153 'Hold hard there!' 197 'I held a long stick for him to hook on' 93 'In his despair he clenched his fist' 4 Iron-smelting in India 285 'I say that he is a French spy!' 305 'Is the bird alive or dead?' 277 'I struck furiously at the brute' 385 'I struggled up' 260 'It became necessary to descend the shaft' 41 'It is only the masterful calf
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| The Nile Dam at Assuan | 220 |
| 'The pike seized the stoat' | 161 |
| 'The precious picnic-basket rolling down the turf' | 376 |
| 'The promise of a thousand songs' | 217 |
| 'There, still on the boulder, was Collie, barking' | 352 |
| 'The thing exploded in the air' | 225 |
| 'The third time he collapsed, and was pulled back | 353 |
| The Union Jack | 348 |
| 'The weight of the two birds had the desired effect' | 189 |
| The Words of Command | 117 |
| 'They began to examine the damaged axle' | 332 |
| 'They were passing a field of ripe corn' | 409 |
| 'They were playing with me as though I were a big mouse' | 68 |
| 'This is a present which your uncle has sent you' | 397 |
| 'Three yelping, delighted dogs' | 28 |
| 'Throw your bad temper overboard' | 304 |
| 'Tim pressed up the lid with his head' | 412 |
| Victoria Falls | 128 |
| '"Watch him!" said Douglas' | 252 |
| 'What a feast I had!' | 221 |
| 'What did the strange beast mean by gazing at him?' | 381 |
| 'What do they want with me?' | 320 |
| '"What is the matter?" I asked him' | 81 |
| 'Who's that that dares to serve me so?' | 5 |
| 'Why don't you take off your hat to me?' | 176 |
| 'Why not start, a round of story-telling?' | 20 |
| Yaks | 125 |
| '"You have found me out," said the captain' | 257 |
