... to investigate the character of one with whom he was now brought into such close contact Negoro looked about forty years of age. Although he had the appearance ...
... be a good haul, to compensate them for their ill-success in the last season. A quarter of an hour later and the Pilgrim was within half a mile of ...
... on Benedict, and began to fawn on him. Get away, you brute! he exclaimed, thrusting the dog aside. Poor Dingo! good dog! cried Jack, running ...
... the sound of their oars by placing straw in the rowlocks, and avoiding the least unnecessary noise, the men skilfully propelled the boat along the ...
... between the masts, and thus the Pilgrim was running along, crowded to the full, with all her canvas. The only additional sails which Dick could possibly ...
... the larboard. Progress in this way must necessarily be full of danger, and Dick was obliged to bring his ship up at least four points before he got her ...
... on which the Pilgrim had been cast. Dick imagined that it must be somewhere on the coast of Peru after sighting Easter Island, he knew that the ...
... no little satisfaction, and he again wrung Dick's hand with all the enthusiasm of a fellow-countryman. And may I ask what brings you here? he continued. Before, ...
... laughing. But here is something to amuse you, he added, and as he spoke, he gathered a fruit that looked as tempting as a peach. You are quite sure ...
... him for news of a lost acquaintance. Ah, I suppose you mean that Portuguese cook of yours. Yes, answered Tom we fancied from Dingo's behaviour, ...
... mean to say that it was mere accident that brought you to the coast of Africa? Not a bit of it the only accident,-and a very lucky one it was-was ...
... the rain. Another brilliant flash brought the camp once again into relief it appeared to be made up of about a hundred conical tents, arranged very ...
... not only a free passage to the air, but admitting the glare of the occasional flashes of lightning, which the descending volumes ...
... were carried off from the ant-hill with brutal violence, in two parties, without the chance of a farewell word or sign. Dick Sands saw that Mrs. Weldon, ...
... of hippopotamuses probably some lake or water-course not far off. Tired, but could not sleep heard a rustling in the grass felt sure that something ...
... cried the king Masongo and the Assuas will cut him up and eat him alive. Only too true it is that cannibalism is still openly practised in certain ...
... bonds. Steadily rose the water the stream resumed its proper course the last head disappeared beneath its surface, and soon there remained nothing ...
... of daylight that were allowed to penetrate the hut. With bated breath he waited in eager expectation. The insect, after long hovering above him, finally ...
... not fit for consumption, he was obliged to run the risk of using his gun. On the 4th of July he succeeded by a single shot in killing pokoo, a kind ...
... with the joyful congratulations of his friends, who had hurried to the foot of the fall to assure themselves of his fate. The cannibals had all ...