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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Forest Exiles, by Mayne Reid This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org 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 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FOREST EXILES *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England The Forest Exiles, by Captain Mayne Reid. ________________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________ 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
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