The Mighty Orinoco. Jules Verne

       JULES VERNE

      translated by STANFORD L. LUCE

      edited by ARTHUR B. EVANS

       introduction & notes by

      WALTER JAMES MILLER

      WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Middletown, Connecticut

      Published by Wesleyan University Press,

      Middletown, CT 06459

      Translation © 2002 by Stanford L. Luce

      Introduction and notes © 2002 by Walter James Miller

      All rights reserved

      Set in Quadraat and Neuland types by BW&A Books, Inc.

      Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

      ISBN 0–8195–6511–3 (cloth)

      ISBN 0–8195–6780-9 (paper)

      First paperback edition, 2005

      CIP data appear at the back of the book.

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      Cover illustration by George Roux.

       Contents

	Introduction, ix
	The Mighty Orinoco
	PART ONE
I	M. Miguel and His Two Colleagues, 3
II	Sergeant Martial and His Nephew, 16
III	On Board the Simón Bolívar, 27
IV	First Encounter, 39
V	The Maripare and the Gallinetta, 50
VI	Island after Island, 62
VII	Buena Vista to La Urbana, 75
VIII	A Cloud of Dust on the Horizon, 86
IX	Three Boats Navigating Together, 102
X	At the Mouth of the Meta, 114
XI	A Halt in the Village of Atures, 129
XII	A Few Observations by Germain Paterne, 144
XIII	Respect for the Tapir, 155
XIV	The Chubasco, 168
XV	San Fernando, 181
	PART TWO
I	A Few Words about the Past, 197
II	The First Leg of the Journey, 210
III	Two Days in Danaco, 223
IV	Final Advice from Manuel Assomption, 236
V	Beef Cows and Electric Eels, 248
VI	Terrible Fears, 262
VII	The Campsite near Maunoir Peak, 277
VIII	The Young Indian, 288
IX	Across the Sierra, 299
X	The Ford of Frascaès, 311
XI	The Mission of Santa Juana, 323
XII	En Route, 337
XIII	Two Months at the Mission, 348
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