How The Doctor Took Me In Hand

Bunyip Land

by George Manville FENN (1831 - 1909)

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:

Listen next episodes of Bunyip Land:
How I Found That I Had A Fellow-Prisoner , How I Got Into Serious Difficulties. , How I Had A Visitor In The Night. , How I Heard English Spoken Here. , How I Must Wind Up The Story. , How I Nearly Made A Terrible Mistake. , How I Talked With My New Friend. , How I Was Disposed To Find Fault With My Best Friend. , How Jack Penny Fired A Straight Shot. , How Jimmy And I Were Hunted Like Beasts. , How Jimmy Cried “Cooee!” And Why He Called. , How Jimmy Heard The Bunyip Speak, And It All Proved To Be “Big ’Tuff. , How The Doctor Found A Patient Ready To His Hand. , How The Doctor Said “Thank You” In A Very Quiet Way , How We Heard A Black Discussion And Did Not Understand. , How We Made Further Plans. , How We Passed Through A Great Peril. , How We Took A Last Look Round, And Found It Was Time To Go.