Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America (1845)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · Philadelphia : Sorin and Ball · leaf 46
THE MONKEY ORATOR. 46 DICK BOLDHERO. my life have I been placed in a situation atonce so ludicrous and so appalling. A hun-dred monkeys now surrounded me; somemounting the trees over my head, and somewinding among the bushes at my feet; somehowling, and all grinning at me, and makingthe most… … DICK BOLDHERO. 47 CHAPTER V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MONKEYS CONCLUDED STRANGE ANIMALS WEARINESS, DESPAIR A TERRIBLE INCIDENT. My readers can hardly imagine the be-wildered state of my mind, occasioned by thescenes described in my last chapter. TheHttle apes, who grinned, chattered, frisked,and…
Children's stories, American
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