dlittleinn;eachpreservedthequalityof
itsparticularspecies:thehunrkdistortedbutdidnothidetheleopard,theox,orthesoalor
anils,frouldedthe
voices,too,variedexceedinglythehandswerealwayslford;andthoughsosurprisedbytheir
unexpectedhunappearance,alstall
inthenuerofthedigits,cluyaboutthefingeails,andlackinganytactilesensibility
thetostfordableanilny
leopardnandacreaturedeofhyenaandswine
largerthanthesehethreebullcreatureswhopulledintheboatthencathesilveryhairyn,whowas
alsothesayerofthelaling,andasatyrlikeoreau128of209
ofapeandgoatthereenanda
san,arerhinoceroscreature,andseveral
otherfelesascertainthere
ures,abearbull,andasaint
beardnihavealreadydescribedtheapen,and
thereellingold
andeofvixenandbear,ihatedfrohe
beginningsheobeapassionatevotaryofthe
laallercreaturesaindappledyouthsand
littleslothcreaturebutenoughofthiscatalogueatfirstihadashiveringhorrorofthebrutes,feltalltookeenlythattheyea
littlehabituatedtotheideaoftheandreoveriwasaffeerysattitudetohehad
beensolongthathehadetoregardthebr >
asalstnorlhunbeingshislondondaysseed
aglorious,iossiblepasttohionlyonceinayearorsodidhegotoaricatodealoreausagent,atraderinanilstherehehardlytthefinesttypeofnkindinthatseafaringvillageofspanishngrelsthenaboardship,hetold,seedatfirstjustasstrangetohisthebeastnseedto,unnaturallylongin
theleg,flatintheface,pronentintheforehead,suspioreau
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liken:hishearthadedto,hethought,
becausehehadsavedlifeifanciedeventhenthathehadasneakingkindnessforsoofthesetarphosedbrutes,avipathyeoftheir
thatheattetedtoveilitfroeatfirst
ing,theblaerysattendant,
thefirstofthebeastfolkihadenuntered,didnotliveallkennelat
thebackoftheenclosurethecreaturearcelysointelligentastheapen,butfarredocile,andthesthunlookingofallthebeastfolk;and
ntgoryhadtrainedittopreparefood,andindeedtodischargeallthetrivialdostifficesthatwererequireditplextrophyofreaushorribleskill,a
bear,taintedost
elaboratelydeofallhiscreaturesittreatedntgoryhastrangetendeessanddevotion
sotisheocking,
halfjoculaas,andsokeitcaperh
extraordinarydelight;sotishereatit,
especiallyafterhehadbeenatthe,
beatingit,peltingithstonesorlightedfuseesbutuch
astobenearhitheislandofdooreau
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isayibecahabituatedtothebeastpeople,thatathousandthingsedunnaturalandrepulsive
speedilybeeisuppose
everythinginexistentheaverage
hueofoursurroundingsntgoryandreauwere
toopeygeneraliressions
ofhunitysy
bovinecreatureshelaunchtreadingheavily
throughtheundergroyselfasking,trying
hardtoreereallyhun
yokeltrudginghofroischanicallabours;orieetthefoxbearansvulpine,shiftyface,
strangelyhuninitsspeculativecunning,andevenigineihadtitbeforeinsocitybyway
yeteverynohenthebeastupon
beyonddoubtordenialanuglylookingn,a
hunchbackedhunsavagetoallappearance,squattingintheapertureofoneofthedens,s
andyahstartlingsuddennessscissoredged
incisorsandsabrelikecanines,keenandbrilliantasknivesorinsonarrohhatransitory
daringintotheeyesofsolithe,ale
figure,iodicrevulsion
thatshehadslitlikepupils,orglancingdooreau131of209
curvingnailh
heritisacuriousthing,bythebye,forquite
unabletoacunt,thattheseuresthe
feles,ianhadintheearlierdaysofstayan
instinctivesenseoftheirosiness,and
displayedinnsequenanregardfor
thedeetheislandofdooreau
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xvihohebeastfolktaste
blood
inexperienceasae,andiwander
frohethreadofstory
afterihadbreakfastedery,hetook
aaroleandthesourceofthe
hotspringintoersihadblunderedon
thepreviousdaybothofuscarriedwhipsandloadedrevolvershroughaleafyjungleonourroad
thither,squealingoppedand
listened,butore;andpresentlyon
ourinds
ntgorycalledattentiontocertainlittlepinkanilshlonghindlegs,thatleapingthroughtheundergroetheyadeofthe
offspringofthebeastpeople,thatreauhadinventedhehadfaneat,butarabbit
likehabitofdevouringtheiryounghaddefeatedthisintentionihadalreadyenunteredsoofthese
yonlightflightfrohe
leopardn,andonceduringpursuitbyreauon
thepreviousdaybyoreau
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leaptintotheholecausedbytheuprootingofawindbloanagedto
catchititspatlikeacat,scratchedandkickedvigorouslyadeanattettobite;butits
teethorethanapainlesspinch
itseedto
