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pass, grunting and squeaking, through the 
underbrush, and now and then is heard the 
hoarse voice of the great American jaguar, 
—the tiger of this continent; and, if it be 
on the banks of a great river, the alligators 
add their hollow roaring voices to the con¬ 
cert. Night, instead of being the season of 
quiet, is the time of the greatest uproar; 
and he is a good sleeper who can gain any 
repose within hearing of it.” 
“What a horrible place!” said Daisy. 
“It is enough to frighten one just to hear 
of it. I am sure I don’t want to be a pro¬ 
fessor, if one would have to go poking into 
tigers’ dens and such places.” 
“I don’t suppose any one has to go if 
they don’t want to,” said Annie. “I don’t 
believe Professor D. ever went looking for 
adventures in that way, though he does lec¬ 
ture upon Natural History.” 
“ No; but they might go if they wanted 
to, and if they could get anybody like the 
Government to send them,” remarked Sid¬ 
ney. “ Sometimes people go who are not 
professors,—just for fun. And, aunt, if 
ever you feel as if you would like to go 
wandering about the world, you need not 
