. Little Rosy's voyage of discovery undertaken in company with her cousin Charley . HE two little travellers found the desertrather long; and yet they reached theother side more quickly than they had expected. c Is this a palm ? asked Rosy, as they satdown under a tree. No; I think not, answered Charley. c Theleaves are not large enough. Perhaps it is a teak-tree, or some other that we do not see in Europe. They had a little game with the lamb here,and eat two or three of Charleys biscuits beforethey set off again. And, when they were wellrested, Charley said,— c Now we are quite fresh for ano
. Little Rosy's voyage of discovery undertaken in company with her cousin Charley . HE two little travellers found the desertrather long; and yet they reached theother side more quickly than they had expected. c Is this a palm ? asked Rosy, as they satdown under a tree. No; I think not, answered Charley. c Theleaves are not large enough. Perhaps it is a teak-tree, or some other that we do not see in Europe. They had a little game with the lamb here,and eat two or three of Charleys biscuits beforethey set off again. And, when they were wellrested, Charley said,— c Now we are quite fresh for another seems to me that we had better enter thisforest. Perhaps we may get through it beforenightfall. It is a virgin forest, you see. LITTLE ROSYS VOYAGE OF xir. It seems to me that we had better enter the forest, and perhaps we may get through it before night-fall. It is a virgin forest, you see ! LITTLE ROSYS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Rosy looked rather puzzled at this remark;so her cousin added: c A wild kind of forest in which the treeshave stood for nobody knows how long, eversince the flood, perhaps. Dont you recollect myreading about one of that kind, and how therewas no path through it, and people had to cuttheir way through the trees as they went? c And shall we ? asked Rosy. c How funny itwould be! c I shouldnt wonder, answered Charley; * Ibrought my knife with me, in case we should. So saying, he took his little cousin by thehand, that he might be better able to protect her,and with his stick in the other, and his eyeswide open he set off again boldly. As for Rosy, she had full confidence inCharleys strength and wisdom, and had no doubtthat he was leading her quite right. LITTLE ROSYS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. XIII. THE FIRST DISCOVERY.
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