Afloat in the Forest
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Captain Mayne Reid. Afloat in the Forest
Chapter One. The Brothers at Home
Chapter Two. The Brothers Abroad
Chapter Three. The Galatea
Chapter Four. Drifting with the Current
Chapter Five. The Galatea Aground
Chapter Six. The Monkey-Pots
Chapter Seven. The Gapo
Chapter Eight. The Echente
Chapter Nine. An Impassable Barrier
Chapter Ten. A Tropical Tornado
Chapter Eleven. The Galatea Treed
Chapter Twelve. A Dangerous Ducking
Chapter Thirteen. A Consultation in the Tree-Top
Chapter Fourteen. A Fracas Heard from Afar
Chapter Fifteen. The Jararáca
Chapter Sixteen. Hold On!
Chapter Seventeen. The Paroquet
Chapter Eighteen. The Lliana Unloosed
Chapter Nineteen. Serpent Fascination
Chapter Twenty. The Water Arcade
Chapter Twenty One. The Syringe-Tree
Chapter Twenty Two. A Battle with Birds
Chapter Twenty Three. A Contest with Cudgels
Chapter Twenty Four. Chased by a Jacaré
Chapter Twenty Five. A Saurian Digression
Chapter Twenty Six. Treed by an Alligator
Chapter Twenty Seven. An Aqua-Arboreal Journey
Chapter Twenty Eight. A Timely Warning
Chapter Twenty Nine. Improvised Swimming-Belts
Chapter Thirty. Alligator Lore
Chapter Thirty One. A Hide upon a Reptile
Chapter Thirty Two. Taking to the Water
Chapter Thirty Three. A Half-Choked Swimmer
Chapter Thirty Four. A Supper of Broiled Squab
Chapter Thirty Five. Once More in the Water
Chapter Thirty Six. The Igarápe
Chapter Thirty Seven. About Humming-Birds
Chapter Thirty Eight. A Cul-de-Sac
Chapter Thirty Nine. The Brazil-Nuts
Chapter Forty. A Travelling Party of Guaribas
Chapter Forty One. The Monkey Mother
Chapter Forty Two. The Mundurucú Discourses of Monkeys
Chapter Forty Three. Two Slumberers Ducked
Chapter Forty Four. Open Water
Chapter Forty Five. The Jacanas
Chapter Forty Six. A Companion Left Behind
Chapter Forty Seven. The Guide Abandoned
Chapter Forty Eight. Round and Round
Chapter Forty Nine. Going by Guess
Chapter Fifty. Guided by a Shadow
Chapter Fifty One. Around the Edge
Chapter Fifty Two. The Massaranduba
Chapter Fifty Three. A Vegetable Cow
Chapter Fifty Four. A Milk Supper
Chapter Fifty Five. Only a Dead-Wood
Chapter Fifty Six. The Sterculiads
Chapter Fifty Seven. Chased by Tocandeiras
Chapter Fifty Eight. A Log that Wouldn’t Roll
Chapter Fifty Nine. Drowning the Tocandeiras: Five Men in a Fever
Chapter Sixty. The Festival of the Tocandeiras
Chapter Sixty One. Amazonian Ants
Chapter Sixty Two. The Ants Still Excited
Chapter Sixty Three. The Tamandua: The Ant-Thrush
Chapter Sixty Four. Ant-Eaters – Biped and Quadruped
Chapter Sixty Five. The Chase of the Tamandua
Chapter Sixty Six. Roast Ant-Eater
Chapter Sixty Seven. The Juarouá
Chapter Sixty Eight. A Fish-Cow at Pasture
Chapter Sixty Nine. The Pashuba Spear
Chapter Seventy. Curing the Fish-Cow
Chapter Seventy One. A Sail of Skin
Chapter Seventy Two. Becalmed
Chapter Seventy Three. The Piranhas
Chapter Seventy Four. A Stowaway
Chapter Seventy Five. The Spirit of the Waters
Chapter Seventy Six. An Unexpected Escape
Chapter Seventy Seven. History of the Anaconda
Chapter Seventy Eight. A Snake “Yarn.”
Chapter Seventy Nine. Saint Patrick’s Performance
Chapter Eighty. Lights Ahead
Chapter Eighty One. An Aerial Village
Chapter Eighty Two. A Slow Retreat: in the Arcade
Chapter Eighty Three. Following the Float
Chapter Eighty Four. A Cannibal Captured
Chapter Eighty Five. A Day Spent in Shadow
Chapter Eighty Six. The Cry of the Jaguar
Chapter Eighty Seven. The Moon Put Out
Chapter Eighty Eight. An Hour of Suspense
Chapter Eighty Nine. Scuttling the Canoes
Chapter Ninety. The Log Left Behind
Chapter Ninety One. The Enemy in Sight
Chapter Ninety Two. The Chase
Chapter Ninety Three. Conclusion
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Ralph and Richard Trevannion. If it were so, a gap of some fifteen years – after the date of their arrival at Cerro Pasco – would have to be filled up. I decline to speak of this interval of their lives, simply because the details might not have any remarkable interest for those before whom they would be laid.
Suffice it to say, that Richard, the younger, soon became wearied of a miner’s life; and, parting with his brother, he crossed the Cordilleras, and descended into the great Amazonian forest, – the “montaña,” as it is called by the Spanish inhabitants of the Andes. Thence, in company with a party of Portuguese traders, he kept on down the river Amazon, trading along its banks, and upon some of its tributary streams; and finally established himself as a merchant at its mouth, in the thriving “city” of Gran Pará.
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The boy had gone to Peru the year before, in one of his father’s ships, – first, to see the Great Ocean, then the Great Andes, – afterwards to become acquainted with the country of the Incas, and last, though not of least importance, to make the acquaintance of his own uncle and his two interesting cousins, the elder of whom was exactly his own age. He had gone to the Pacific side by sea. It was his father’s wish he should return to the Atlantic side by land, – or, to speak more accurately, by river.
The merchant’s wish was to be gratified. The miner had no desire to refuse compliance with his proposal. On the contrary, it chimed in with his own inclinations. Ralph Trevannion possessed a spirit adventurous as his brother’s, which fourteen years of mining industry, carried on in the cold mountains of Cerro Pasco, had neither deadened nor chilled. The thought of once more returning to the scenes of his youth quite rejuvenated him; and on the day of receiving his brother’s challenge to go, he not only accepted it, but commenced proceedings towards carrying the design into execution.
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