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CHAPTER XVI. THROUGH THE FOREST.
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Although there was no obvious cause for apprehension1, it cannot be denied that it was with a certain degree of foreboding that Dick Sands first entered that dense2 forest, through which for the next ten days they were all to wend their toilsome way.
Mrs. Weldon, on the contrary, was full of confidence and hope. A woman and a mother, she might have been expected to be conscious of anxiety at the peril3 to which she might be exposing herself and her child; and doubtless she would have been sensible of alarm if her mind had not been fully4 satisfied upon two points; first, that the portion of the pampas they were about to traverse was little infested5 either by natives or by dangerous beasts; and secondly6, that she was under the protection of a guide so trustworthy as she believed Harris to be.
The entrance to the forest was hardly more than three hundred paces up the river. An order of march had been arranged which was to be observed as closely as possible throughout the journey. At the head of the troop were Harris and Dick Sands, one armed with his long gun, the other with his Remington; next came Bat and Austin, each carrying a gun and a cutlass, then Mrs. Weldon and Jack8, on horseback, closely followed by Tom and old Nan, while Actæon with the fourth Remington, and Hercules with a huge hatchet9 in his waist-belt, brought up the rear. Dingo had no especial place in the procession, but wandered to and fro at his pleasure. Ever since he had been cast ashore10 Dick had noticed a remarkable11 change in the dog's behaviour; the animal was in a constant state of
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obedience
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deprivation
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pointed
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providence
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attainments
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botanist
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abounded
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papyrus
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lichen
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superstition
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indigo
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profusion
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parasite
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nettles
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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procured
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elastic
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conjured
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用魔术变出( conjure的过去式和过去分词 ); 祈求,恳求; 变戏法; (变魔术般地) 使…出现 | |
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opportunely
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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thoroughly
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