Name: The Young Llanero (en Inglés)
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Author: Kingston, William Henry Giles

Formato

Libro Físico

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Createspace

Autor

Kingston, William Henry Giles

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

220

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x1.2 cm

Peso

0.30 kg.

ISBN13

9781976245176

Categorías

Ficción: general y literaria

The Young Llanero (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "The Young Llanero (en Inglés)"

I should like to draw a picture, though I may succeed but imperfectly, of the grand scenery amid which I passed my childhood's days. Far in the west rose upwards in the intense blue sky the snow-capped peaks of the Cordilleras, or Andes, of South America, with range beyond range of lofty mountains intervening, the more distant rugged and barren, the nearer clothed to their summits with trees, glittering cascades leaping down their side? from rock to rock; while here and there could be seen the openings of deep glens, at the bottom of which copious streams came rushing forth, forming the headwaters of the mighty Orinoco. Palms and other tropical trees surrounded our house, which stood on a slightly elevated plateau, below which appeared a shining lake of considerable dimensions fed by the mountain-streams, its waters finding an outlet at one end, and from whence they flowed in a more gentle current towards the western branch of the great river. Far to the east and north extended a vast plain, in some parts covered with dense forests, in others presenting an arid desert; while beyond were to be found the wide-stretching llaños of Venezuela, bordered on the south by the Orinoco. The region I have described will be seen marked on the map, in the more northern part of the South American continent. It is, indeed, a grand country, abounding in valuable trees of various descriptions, and wild animals and game of all sorts-jaguars, pumas, tapirs, and peccaries; reptiles innumerable-alligators, anacondas, rattlesnakes; and birds of various species, from the majestic condor and towering eagle down to the diminutive humming-bird. But as I shall have to describe all sorts of curious adventures, in which they and other animals played conspicuous parts, I will not further particularise them at present.