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Naismith's rule helps with the planning of a walking or hiking expedition by calculating how long it will take to travel the intended route, including any extra time taken when walking uphill. This rule of thumb was devised by William W. Naismith, a Scottish mountaineer, in 1892. [1] [3] [4] A modern version can be formulated as follows:
"Letting In the Jungle" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling which continues Mowgli's adventures from "Mowgli's Brothers" and "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! The story was written at Kipling's parents' home in Tisbury, Wiltshire , and is therefore the only Mowgli story not written in Vermont .
It was also included in National Geographic Traveler's "Ultimate Travel Library" (2008), [2] and the "Penguin Travel Library" series. [3] The book was reviewed in the New York Times (1988) by Deborah Stead who said "Stranger in the Forest is a gracefully written and passionate book that is full of such unexpected delights. It is an account of a ...
"Kaa's Hunting" is an 1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling featuring Mowgli. Chronologically the story falls between the first and second halves of "Mowgli's Brothers", and is the second story in The Jungle Book (1894) where it is accompanied by the poem "Road Song of the Bandar-log".
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Mowgli mourns Akela: illustration from "Red Dog" by John Lockwood Kipling, father of the author. "Red Dog" is a Mowgli story by Rudyard Kipling. Written at Kipling's home in Brattleboro, Vermont between February and March 1895, it was first published as "Good Hunting: A Story of the Jungle" in The Pall Mall Gazette for July 29 and 30 1895 and McClure's Magazine for August 1895 before appearing ...
Illustration by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyard's father) "Toomai of the Elephants" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a young elephant-handler. It was first published in the December 1893 issue of St. Nicholas magazine and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, The Jungle Book (1894). [1]
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