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Title: The Young Llanero
A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela

Author: W.H.G. Kingston

Release Date: May 16, 2007 [EBook #21506]

Language: English

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Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

The Young Llanero, A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela, by W.H.G.
Kingston.

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Kingston seems to be quite good at writing about South America. One
wonders why he is so anti-Spanish, but as he was brought up living in
Portugal this may have something to do with the matter.

We are taken on a tour round Venezuela (that's the country on the north
of South America, that has lots of oil, and whose main waterway is the
Orinoco).

So there is a change of location from New Granada and Peru, but we have
the same problems with Indians, Spanish troops, boa constrictors, and
other flora and fauna. There are also the usual friendly priest and
ditto doctor.

There were 44 engravings in the book, most of which are very nice
indeed, and their quality can be seen in the pdf we have produced for
the book. We try to produce a pdf for every book we scan, as a first
task, even before we start to OCR the text. It's a pity that because of
the size of these pdfs we can't easily make them available on the
website.

We hope you will enjoy the book as much as I have enjoyed making it for
you.

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THE YOUNG LLANERO, A STORY OF WAR AND WILD LIFE IN VENEZUELA, BY W.H.G.
KINGSTON.

CHAPTER ONE.

THE HOME OF MY CHILDHOOD IN SOUTH AMERICA--MY FATHER'S HISTORY--SENT TO
SCHOOL IN ENGLAND--LIFE AT SCHOOL--SUMMONED BACK TO AMERICA--VOYAGE WITH
MY UNCLE TO JAMAICA--SAIL FOR VENEZUELA--CHASED BY A SPANISH
MAN-OF-WAR--CROSS THE BAR OF THE MAGDALENA RIVER--DRIVEN ON SHORE BY A
STORM--BOAT NEARLY WRECKED--OUR NIGHT ENCAMPMENT--REPAIR BOAT--A DEER
SHOT--DISTURBED BY GOAHIRA INDIANS--FLIGHT--PURSUED--REACH THE PORT OF
CERVANOS--MEET TIM MOLLOY--HIS DELIGHT AT S