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Title: The Forest Exiles
The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon

Author: Mayne Reid

Illustrator: H. Weir

Release Date: March 12, 2008 [EBook #24814]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

The Forest Exiles, by Captain Mayne Reid.

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Thinly disguised as a book about the fortunes of a family of exiles in
the forests of Peru, this is actually a very well-written book about the
natural history of the region. Its style makes it eminently readable,
and even today anyone reading it will be amused and interested.

The story is supposed to have taken place in the early part of the
nineteenth century.

There are a good many Spanish and native Indian words, but this does not
affect the readability of the various chapters, each of which deals with
some aspect of the natural history of the region. It makes a good
audiobook.

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THE FOREST EXILES, BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID.

CHAPTER ONE.

THE BIGGEST WOOD IN THE WORLD.

Boy reader, I am told that you are not tired of my company. Is this
true?

"Quite true, dear Captain,--quite true!" That is your reply. You speak
sincerely? I believe you do.

In return, believe _me_, when I tell you I am not tired of yours; and
the best proof I can give is, that I have come once more to seek you. I
have come to solicit the pleasure of your company,--not to an evening
party, nor to a ball, nor to the Grand Opera, nor to the Crystal Palace,
nor yet to the Zoological Gardens of Regent's Park,--no, but to the
great zoological garden of Nature. I have come to ask you to accompany
me on another "campaign,"--another "grand journey" through the fields of
Science and Adventure. Will you go?

"Most willingly--with you, dear Captain, anywhere."

Come with me, then.

Again we turn our faces westward; again we cross the blue and billowy
Atlantic; again we seek the sh