Title:  The Rover Boys in the Jungle

Author:  Arthur M. Winfield

Release Date:  May, 2004 [EBook #5770] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on September 1, 2002] [Date last updated:  January 25, 2003]

Edition:  10

Language:  English

Character set encoding:  ASCII

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THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE

Or

Stirring Adventures in Africa

By Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)

INTRODUCTION

My dear boys: 

This volume, “The Rover Boys in the jungle,” is the third story of the “Rover Boys Series,” and while a complete tale in itself, forms a companion story to “The Rover Boys at School” and “The Rover Boys on the Ocean,” which preceded it.

In the former volumes I told you much of the doings of Dick, Tom, and Sam at Putnam Hall and during a remarkable chase on the Atlantic Ocean.  In the present story the scene is shifted from the military academy, where the boys are cadets, to the wilds of Africa, whither the lads with their uncle have gone to look for Anderson Rover, the boys’ father, who had disappeared many years before.  A remarkable message from the sea causes the party to leave this country, and they journey to Africa, little dreaming of all the stirring adventures which await them in the heart of the Dark Continent.  How they battle against their many perils, and what the outcome of their remarkable search is, I will leave for the pages that follow to explain.

In conclusion, let me state that I am extremely grateful for the kind favor given the previous volumes of this series, and I sincerely trust that the present tale merits a continuance of your support.

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

Edward Stratemeyer
November 10, 1899

THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE

CHAPTER I

UNPLEASANT NEWS

“Back to Putnam Hall again, boys!  Hurrah!”

“Yes, back again, Tom, and glad of it,” returned Dick Rover.  “I can tell you, the academy is getting to be a regular second home.”

“Right you are, Dick,” came from Sam Rover, the youngest of the three brothers.  “I’d rather be here than up to the farm, even if Uncle Randolph and Aunt Martha are kind and considerate.  The farm is so slow -”

“While here we have our full share of adventures and more,” finished Tom.  “I wonder what will happen to us this term?  The other terms kept us mighty busy, didn’t they?”