. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history; Indians of North America. 212 THE ADVENTURES OF We were just thinking of calling Lucien to come and lie down under the hut, when l'Encuerado shouted out to us. Towards the east, a large luminous disk was shining bril- liantly above the mountain peaks. This luminous globe, lengthening out into the shape of an ellipse, appeared to move along. In fact, it was descending slowly over the wooded crests. Lucien and l'Encuerado kept plying us with questions in reference to it, which we were unable to " What is it ?" cried Sumichra
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history; Indians of North America. 212 THE ADVENTURES OF We were just thinking of calling Lucien to come and lie down under the hut, when l'Encuerado shouted out to us. Towards the east, a large luminous disk was shining bril- liantly above the mountain peaks. This luminous globe, lengthening out into the shape of an ellipse, appeared to move along. In fact, it was descending slowly over the wooded crests. Lucien and l'Encuerado kept plying us with questions in reference to it, which we were unable to " What is it ?" cried Sumichrast. " A meteor !" I exclaimed, struck with a sudden idea. " If I had my gun ready, I would fire at it, at all ; " You had better not," said I; " the globe may contain electric fluid, and we might draw it down upon ; Soon afterwards the meteor passed by us. We threw ourselves down flat on the earth, dreading this unknown visitor. When I ventured to rise, it was some distance. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, editor; Benett, Léon, engraver; Simon, P. , engraver; Moll, E. R. , engraver; Pisan, A. , engraver; Gauchard, Félix Jean, engraver; Pannemaker, Adolphe François, 1822- engraver; Harper & Brothers, publisher. New York: : Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square
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