Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 · London ; New York : Cassell, Petter and Galpin · leaf 104
BARON MUNCHAUSEN. 8 1 sail with a favourable wind, and at the end of six weeks arrived at Ceylon. When we had been there about a fortnight, the governor's eldest son asked me to go hunting with him — an offer which I accepted with all my heart. My friend was tall and strong, and used to the heat of… … exertion, was so overcome, that when we reached the forest, I was behind him. I was thinking about sitting down to rest on the banks of a stream that I had been for some time attentively considering, when all of a sudden I heard a loud noise behind me. I looked round, and you may imagine I felt as…
Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction · German wit and humor
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