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A Hundred Miles in Ten Days

           Weldontookhimasideandtoldhimthat,perhaps,hemightallowhisbigbabytoruntotherightandleft,butonconditionthathedidnotlosesightofhim.ItwouldnotdotocompletelyseverCousinBenedictfromthepleasuressonaturaltohisage.

           Atseveno’clockinthemorning,thelittletrooptookuptheirjourneytowardtheeast,preservingtheorderofmarchthathadbeenadoptedthepreviousday.Itwasalwaystheforest.Onthisvirginsoil,wheretheheatandthemoistureagreedtoproducevegetation,itmightwellbethoughtthatthereignofgrowthappearedinallitspower.Theparallelofthisvastplateauwasalmostconfoundedwithtropicallatitudes,and,duringcertainmonthsinsummer,thesun,inpassingtothezenith,darteditsperpendicularraysthere.Therewas,therefore,anenormousquantityofimprisonedheatinthisearth,ofwhichthesubsoilpreservedthedamp.Also,nothingcouldbemoremagnificentthanthissuccessionofforests,orratherthisinterminableforest.

           Meanwhile,DickSandhadnotfailedtoobservethisthat,accordingtoHarris,theywereintheregionofthepampas.Now,pampasisawordfromthe"quichna"language,whichsignifiesaplain.

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