FULL-PACE- ILLUSTRATIONS 



To face 

 P*?t 

 " Jock " (coloured) Frontispiece 



" Come along o' me " 7 



" It was my dawg" 40 



" And there at my heels was the odd puppy " . . . -67 

 " I believe you've got the champion after all " . . . . 72 

 " The last we saw of our birthday treat " . . . .81 



Jim's circus crocodile 104 



" Say, Buggins, what in thunder are you doing ? " . . 129 



"They seemed to whirl like leaves in a wind eddy " . . 160 

 " What had happened out in the silent ghostly bush that 



night?" 179 



" His shoulder humped against the tree, he stood the tug of 



war" 191 



''With his nose in the air eyed them with mild curiosity " -213 

 " Old Charlie coming along without any fuss at all " . . 226 



" Tugging with all his might " 254 



" Scrambling down the face came more and more baboons " . 272 



" Good-bye, and thank you ! " 303 



" I grabbed a fistful of shirt and held on " . . . -314 

 " With one toss right on top of the thorn-tree "... 345 



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