Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon - Jules Verne - Libros -  - 9798678346766 - 10 de octubre de 2020
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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

Book Excerpt: ...signaled from afar by the monotonous concert of voices, so like the psalm-singing of some church choir. But if nature has not made him vicious, it is none the less necessary to attack him with caution, and under any circumstances a sleeping traveler ought not to leave himself exposed, lest a guariba should surprise him when he is not in a position to defend himself. This monkey, which is also known in Brazil as the "barbado," was of large size. The suppleness and stoutness of his limbs proclaimed him a powerful creature, as fit to fight on the ground as to leap from branch to branch at the tops of the giants of the forest. He advanced then cautiously, and with short steps. He glanced to the right and to the left, and rapidly swung his tail. To these representatives of the monkey tribe nature has not been content to give four hands--she has shown herself more generous, and added a fifth, for the extremity of their caudal appendage possesses a perfect power of prehension. The guariba noisel...

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Publicado 10 de octubre de 2020
ISBN13 9798678346766
Páginas 250
Dimensiones 152 × 229 × 14 mm   ·   371 g
Lengua Inglés  

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