Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

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  • A
  • book
  • of
  • remarkable
  • and
  • thrilling
  • adventures,
  • very
  • much
  • in
  • the
  • style
  • of
  • Mr.
  • Verne's
  • previous
  • books,
  • and
  • adapted
  • to
  • interest
  • either
  • boy-readers
  • or
  • adults.
  • The
  • "Giant
  • raft"
  • is
  • as
  • immense
  • as
  • the
  • "Steam
  • house,"
  • and
  • the
  • characters
  • and
  • incidents
  • quite
  • as
  • original.
  • The
  • story
  • opens
  • with
  • the
  • finding
  • of
  • a
  • paper
  • of
  • hieroglyphics
  • by
  • an
  • adventurer
  • in
  • a
  • Brazilian
  • forest—he
  • puts
  • it
  • wiih
  • some
  • gold
  • coin
  • in
  • a
  • silver
  • case,
  • places
  • it
  • near
  • his
  • head,
  • and
  • falls
  • asleep.
  • The
  • object
  • excites
  • the
  • attention
  • of
  • a
  • "guariba"
  • (whom
  • Mr.
  • Verne
  • describes
  • at
  • length),
  • and
  • he
  • steals
  • it
  • and
  • makes
  • off;
  • after
  • this
  • follows
  • a
  • long
  • string
  • of
  • queer
  • adventures
  • connected
  • with
  • the
  • silver case.
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