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Cannibal-Land

Cannibal-Land by Martin Johnson is available here as the complete text, split into 450 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Cannibal-land: Adventures with a camera in the New Hebrides by Martin Johnson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #62138.

14 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 14 chapters

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Cannibal-Land

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  1. Chapter I 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Introducing Nagapate 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Sydney and New Caledonia 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Threshold of Cannibal-Land 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Nagapate Comes to Call 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI In Nagapate’s Kingdom 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Big Numbers See Themselves on the Screen 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Noble Savage 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Good-Bye to Nagapate 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Monkey People 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Dance of the Painted Savages 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Tomman and the Head-Curing Art 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The White Man in the South Seas 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Espiritu Santo and a Cannibal Feast 43 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Cannibal-Land is presented in 14 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Cannibal-Land as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 450 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 14 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Cannibal-Land?

Yes. All 2248 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #62138 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Cannibal-Land is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #62138, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Cannibal-Land take to read?

About 187 minutes of reading across 450 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Cannibal-Land

Words and structures a reader meets early in Cannibal-Land, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Cannibal-land
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cannibal-Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Adventures
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cannibal-Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Camera
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cannibal-Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hebrides
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cannibal-Land; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.