It is a strange, wild tale this of the adventures of Prince Akbar among
the snowy mountains between Kandahar and Kabul, and though the names may
be a bit of a puzzle at first, as they will have to be learned by and
bye in geography and history lessons, it might be as well to get
familiar with them in a story-book; though, indeed, as everybody in it
except Roy the Rajput, Meroo the cook boy; Tumbu, the dog; and Down, the
cat (and these four _may_ have been true, you know, though they have not
been remembered) really lived, I don't know whether this book oughtn't
to be considered real history, and therefore
A LESSON BOOK
Anyhow, I hope you won't find it dull.
CONTENTS
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PREFACE
CHAPTER I
FAREWELL 1
CHAPTER II
THE FIRST VICTORY 11
CHAPTER III
THE ROYAL UMBRELLA 20
CHAPTER IV
TUMBU-DOWN 27
CHAPTER V
ON THE ROAD 39
CHAPTER VI
AT COURT 50
CHAPTER VII
WINTER 58
CHAPTER VIII
DOWN'S STRATAGEM 68
CHAPTER IX
SPRING 77
CHAPTER X
THE NIGHT OF RECORD 88
CHAPTER XI
A WINTER MARCH 100
CHAPTER XII
SNOW AND ICE 109
CHAPTER XIII
OVER THE PASS 119
CHAPTER XIV
IN THE VALLEY 128
CHAPTER XV
DEAREST-LADY 138
CHAPTER XVI
CRUEL BROTHER KUMRAN 147
CHAPTER XVII
IMPRISONMENT 159
CHAPTER XVIII
THE GARDEN OF GAMES 169
CHAPTER XIX
BETWIXT CUP AND LIP 178
CHAPTER XX
ESCAPED 187
CHAPTER XXI
DAWN 196
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ON A SHELVING BANK OF DRY SAND BABY AKBAR
SITTING UP AND RUBBING HIS EYES _Frontispiece_
_To face page_
PRINCE ASKURRY .
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