Chapter II: Part SIX

I NEW POPSIPETEL 314
II THOUGHTS OF HOME 322
III THE RED MAN’S SCIENCE 328
IV THE SEA-SERPENT 332
V THE SHELLFISH RIDDLE SOLVED AT LAST 340
VI THE LAST CABINET MEETING 346
VII THE DOCTOR’S DECISION 350

_ILLUSTRATIONS_

The Popsipetel Picture-History of King Jong Thinkalot
(in colors) _Frontispiece_
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“I would sit on the river-wall with my feet dangling
over the water” 5
“And in her right foot she carried a lighted candle!” 22
“‘Being a good noticer is terribly important’” 53
A traveler arrives 77
“On the bed sat the Hermit” 101
“Sat scowling down upon the amazed and gaping jury” 115
“‘What else can I think?’” 133
“‘Boy, where’s the skipper?’” 147
“In these lower levels we came upon the shadowy shapes
of dead ships” (in colors) 162
“The Doctor started chatting in Spanish to the bed-maker” 175
“Did acrobatics on the beast’s horns” 189
“‘He talks English!’” 201
“I was alone in the ocean!” 226
“It was a great moment” 257
The Terrible Three 279
“Working away with their noses against the end of the
island” 293
“The Whispering Rocks” 295
“Had to chase his butterflies with a crown upon his head” 317
“‘Tiptoe incognito,’ whispered Bumpo” 353

_THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE_

THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE