Excerpt from Silent Highways of the Jungle: Being the Record of an Adventurous Journey Across Peru to the Amazon The story set forth in the following chapters is typical of the vicissitudes which beset the traveller who ventures into the wilder sections Of the country. No attempt has been made at embroidery, as the bare facts in themselves are interesting enough as they stand, and it is to be hoped that any lack of literary merit may be Offset by the unusual nature of the narrative itself. The journey was undertaken at ...
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Excerpt from Silent Highways of the Jungle: Being the Record of an Adventurous Journey Across Peru to the Amazon The story set forth in the following chapters is typical of the vicissitudes which beset the traveller who ventures into the wilder sections Of the country. No attempt has been made at embroidery, as the bare facts in themselves are interesting enough as they stand, and it is to be hoped that any lack of literary merit may be Offset by the unusual nature of the narrative itself. The journey was undertaken at the instigation of Mr. A. B. Leguia, now President Of Peru, with a View to ascertaining the feasibility Of aerial transport into these remote but exceedingly rich sections Of the Republic, where it is Obvious railways cannot penetrate for many years to come. To the uninitiated the idea might seem preposterous, yet there is nothing extraordinary about it for those who have studied the in all its details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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