Adventures of a Young Naturalist. Lucien Biart
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Название: Adventures of a Young Naturalist

Автор: Lucien Biart

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СКАЧАТЬ I hastened forward, for the dog began to howl desperately. I reached the hut quite out of breath. Every thing seemed right, but Lucien and l'Encuerado had disappeared. I looked anxiously into my companion's face.

      "No doubt," said Sumichrast, "l'Encuerado has gone to take a stroll, and left the dog asleep."

      I raised a call-cry. What was my surprise at hearing it answered from up above us. My son and the Indian were sitting thirty feet from the ground, hidden in the foliage of a gigantic tree. My first impulse was to address l'Encuerado rather angrily.

      "Don't flurry him," said Sumichrast; "he'll need all his presence of mind to get the boy down safely."

      With an anxiety which may be easily understood, I watched all the movements of the lad, who was every now and then concealed by the leaves.

      "Gently," cried l'Encuerado; "put your foot there. Well done! Now lay hold of this branch and slide down. Don't be afraid; I'll not let you go. How pleased and proud your papa will be when he knows how high you have climbed!"

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      1

      The jaguar (Leopardus onca, Linn.) is frequently called a tiger in America. The tiger (Tigris regalis) is not found on that continent. – Ed.

      2

      Encuerado, in Spanish, means both naked and clad in leather.

      

1

The jaguar (Leopardus onca, Linn.) is frequently called a tiger in America. The tiger (Tigris regalis) is not found on that continent. – Ed.

2

Encuerado, in Spanish, means both naked and clad in leather.

3

Two grotesque little phenomena were once shown in London and Paris as specimens of the Aztec race. When I speak of Aztecs, my young readers may perhaps think I allude to these dwarfs. I will therefore state, once for all, that this name is intended to apply only to the Indians, the descendants of the fine race over whom Montezuma was emperor when Cortez conquered them. By Mexicans, or Creoles, we mean the descendants of the Spanish race.

4

About threepence.

5

In the Aztec language, cihuatl signifies "woman," and cohuatl signifies "serpent."

6

The Indians that inhabit the vast plains to the north of Mexico all smoke; from this, doubtless, arises the usual supposition that all American Indians smoke. – Ed.

7

In giving utterance to this anathema, l'Encuerado was unknowingly agreeing with James I., king of England, who published a work against smokers.

8

The small tapering leaves of the pine are thus called.

9

Elytra is derived from a Greek word, ἑλυτρου, a sheath.

10

Thanks to the spheroidal condition of water, discovered by M. Boutigny (of Evreux).

11

That is, a plant devoid of lobes.

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