ADVENTURES AMID THE WILDS OF THE AMAZON.
CHAPTER I.
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.”