Chapter I: Part IV: I Parcel Post

II THE GREAT MAIL ROBBERY

III PEARLS AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS

IV PEARL DIVERS

V OBOMBO'S REBELLION

VI THE DOCTOR'S RELEASE

VII A MYSTERIOUS LETTER

VIII THE LAND OF THE MANGROVE SWAMPS

IX THE SECRET LAKE

X THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S LAST ORDER

XI GOOD-BYE TO FANTIPPO

_ILLUSTRATIONS_

"It was mournful scenery" _Frontispiece_

"John Dolittle talked to the woman"

"Looking into all the bays"

"'Where have you been?'"

"The birds spread themselves out along the coast"

"'_Fire!_' said Speedy"

"The bluejackets crowded to the rail"

"A rare Fantippo stamp"

"The Doctor gave the king a cup of China tea"

"'Good morning! What can I do for you?'"

"They found the Doctor shaving"

"Thousands of swallows built their nests in her rigging"

"'Turn back, Jip!' gasped the Doctor"

"'All we eat is bananas'"

"He was pulling out a loose tooth"

"They sat down in the shade of a palm tree"

"He began his great inauguration speech"

"He put his large face in at the information window"

"The houseboat post office of No-Man's-Land"

"Jip hung up the sign"

"He held scribbling classes for the animals"

"Cheapside, the London sparrow"

"The double letter boxes of Fantippo"

"The royal peacock complained that Cheapside had made faces at him"

"'Great heavens, Doctor, I've gained an ounce!'"

"The sailors were ready to kill their admiral"

"There were many rocks and shallows near the end of Cape Stephen"

"The gulls dashed themselves into the wheelman's face"

"The Doctor lit the candle"

"The Doctor and Dab-Dab cooked his breakfast for him"

"The gull caught the tomato skin with a lightning lunge"

"The gull took a fresh piece of toast"

"The Doctor took an armchair beside the kitchen stove"

"John Dolittle saw him snooping around the post office"

"The Doctor experimented on Jip"

"It was certainly a wonderful collection of objects"

"It was Sir Timothy Quisby, our most expensive patient"

"He had fallen into the soup"

"She made a regular pet of him"

"'We'll keep the black and white one, Liza'"

"The old rat laughed a quavering laugh"

"Upstairs where the dye vats stood"

"The Doctor cut off all my fur"

"His pictures are just awful"

"A retriever came up with a gold watch and chain"

"'Come over here by the trough'"

"The Doctor span the penny"

"'What was that?'"

"They'd run off with it and swallow it"

"I jabbed the watchman"

"I leapt as I have never leapt before"

"Putting the King's bicycle together"

"Dab-Dab looked over his shoulder"

"They reminded him of old broken down cab horses"

"I put the parcel down"

"Wilkins levelled a pistol at the Doctor's head"

"'_Pst!_' I whispered to the wife"

"The rout of the Amazons"

"'Oh, I think this is an awful place!'"

"The young ones were with her"

"Gub-Gub dives for pearls"

"The Doctor patted him on the shoulder"

"In the jungle Obombo made speeches"

"'How dare you speak to me like that?'"

"The white mouse would roll them down the hole"

"'Do you realize what that pearl means to us?'"

"The King saw the Doctor's canoe arriving"

"In popped the head of an enormous snake"

"The canoe was yanked from under them"

"The Doctor saw the shape of an enormous turtle"

"The trees bent down with his weight"

"The Doctor was washing his face in the lake"

"Dab-Dab, the economical housekeeper, blew out the candle"

"Mixing the turtle's medicine"

"A never-ending stream of big birds"

"Dab-Dab prepared a meal"

"A wooden statue still stands to his memory"

DOCTOR DOLITTLE'S POST OFFICE