Bunyip Land; a Story of Adventure in New Guinea,
by George Manville Fenn.
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Joe Carstairs is a boy on a farm in Australia. His father is a keen
naturalist who, some years before had set off for New Guinea in search
of specimens, and never been heard of again. Joe is old enough to mount
a search expedition, and takes with him a local doctor and an
aboriginal worker on his farm. They find themselves joined by a
stowaway, Jimmy, whose father is a squatter (farmer) nearby, together
with his dog, Gyp.
This team sets off, arrive in New Guinea, hire some more porters, and
travel guided by some sixth sense straight to where Mr Carstairs has
been kept a prisoner, along with another Englishman, whose mind has
gone, under the stress of his imprisonment.
There are the usual close shaves and tense moments, but finally they
achieve their end, and return home triumphantly.
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BUNYIP LAND; A STORY OF ADVENTURE IN NEW GUINEA,
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.