. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. 252 ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. " Oh !" cried Sumichrast, " are those beasts going to join in the concert made by the grasshoppers and mosquitoes ? " Lucien, who had gone to sleep, started up. " Where's my parrot ? " he cried. " Sleep quietly, Chanito ! " replied the Indian. '* It is roasted, and we shall eat it to-morrow morning at ; This reply and Lucien's disappointed face much amused us. L'Encuerado's fault was too much zeal: not knowing that Sumi- chrast was going to skin the


. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. 252 ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. " Oh !" cried Sumichrast, " are those beasts going to join in the concert made by the grasshoppers and mosquitoes ? " Lucien, who had gone to sleep, started up. " Where's my parrot ? " he cried. " Sleep quietly, Chanito ! " replied the Indian. '* It is roasted, and we shall eat it to-morrow morning at ; This reply and Lucien's disappointed face much amused us. L'Encuerado's fault was too much zeal: not knowing that Sumi- chrast was going to skin the bird, he had sacrificed it. In order to repair his error, he promised Lucien hundreds of parrots of every colour, so he went to sleep and dreamed of forests full of birds of the most brilliant 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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