They did not make more than eight to nine miles in twelve hours.

The times consecrated to eating or repose came at regular intervals, and though a little fatigue was felt already, the sanitary condition was still very satisfactory.
Little Jack began to suffer a little from this life in the woods, to which he was not accustomed, and which was becoming very monotonous for him.

And then all the promises which had been made him had not been kept.

The caoutchouc jumping-jacks, the humming-birds, all those seemed constantly to recede.

There had also been a question of showing him the most beautiful parrots in the world, and they ought not to be wanting in these rich forests.