. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. 36 ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. four little sacks of charcoal," said Lucien, " I had no idea that they were obliged to live in the woods, and cut down great trees to procure it; and that they had to pass several nights in watch- ing the ; " No more idea, perhaps," I replied, " than the little boys in Europe have of the sugar-cane plantations; and that without the plant all those beautiful bon-bms, which delight the sight as much as the taste, could not be ; " But, papa, haven't I heard y
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. 36 ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. four little sacks of charcoal," said Lucien, " I had no idea that they were obliged to live in the woods, and cut down great trees to procure it; and that they had to pass several nights in watch- ing the ; " No more idea, perhaps," I replied, " than the little boys in Europe have of the sugar-cane plantations; and that without the plant all those beautiful bon-bms, which delight the sight as much as the taste, could not be ; " But, papa, haven't I heard you tell the Mexicans that in France they make sugar with beetroot 1" " Yes, certainly you have; and, in case of need, it might be extracted from many other roots, plants, or fruit; but beetroot alone yields enough sugar to repay the trouble of ; It was quite time for us to be off; so I put an end to the ceaseless questions of the young traveller. Our host told me that if we went on along the same path which had led us to their place, we should come, in less than two hours, to a hut situated on the plateau of the mountain. The Indians certainly seemed to forget that Lucien's short legs might delay our 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, ed. London. S. Low, Son, & Marston
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