Chapter I: Front Matter

BORIS THE BEAR-HUNTER

BORIS THE
BEAR-HUNTER

_T. NELSON & SONS_

BORIS THE BEAR-HUNTER
BY FRED
WHISHAW

LONDON, EDINBURGH,
AND NEW YORK
THOMAS NELSON
AND SONS

_CONTENTS_

_I. The Hunter Hunted_ 9
_II. Boris Finds a New Friend_ 17
_III. Boris Changes Masters_ 25
_IV. Boris Goes A-sailing_ 34
_V. How Peter the Great was knocked over_ 46
_VI. A Taste of the Knout_ 56
_VII. A Race for Life_ 70
_VIII. Boris and his Fellow-Officers_ 84
_IX. One Sword against Five_ 96
_X. A Night Ambush_ 108
_XI. A Battle against Odds_ 120
_XII. A Perilous Slide_ 132
_XIII. Boris Goes on the War-path_ 144
_XIV. Taken Prisoner_ 155
_XV. An Exciting Escape_ 167
_XVI. Home Again_ 181
_XVII. Off to England_ 193
_XVIII. How Boris threw a Big Dutchman Overboard_ 204
_XIX. Bad News from Moscow_ 215
_XX. Boris in Disgrace_ 228
_XXI. Nancy and the Big Bear_ 243
_XXII. A Wolf Maiden_ 253
_XXIII. A Notable Day among the Wolves_ 266
_XXIV. With the Tsar Again_ 278
_XXV. Boris has a Narrow Escape_ 290
_XXVI. How Boris Outwitted the Swedish Admiral_ 303
_XXVII. Small Beginnings of a Great City_ 315
_XXVIII. How the Swedes Erected a Gibbet for Boris_ 326
_XXIX. Mazeppa_ 340
_XXX. Russia's Great Day_ 353
_XXXI. Peace at Last_ 366

_LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_

"_The huge brute was in full pursuit of his young wife_"
_Frontispiece._
"_That moment saved the Tsar's life_" 54
"_Slashing at the wolves which swarmed about him_" 81
"_In an instant the two were upon him_" 124
"_Out sprang Boris, and alighted with terrific force
upon Menshikoff's back_" 186
"_Boris lifted his kicking legs and slid them over the
bulwark_" 210
"_Bringing up his clenched fists together against the
fellow's chin_" 337

BORIS THE BEAR-HUNTER.