# Jungle night

Author: Beebe, William, 1877-1962

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69633

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Jungle+night+Beebe&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Within gun-reach in front of me trudged my little Akawai Indian hunter. He turned his head suddenly, his ears catching some sound which mine had missed, and I saw that his profile was rather like that of Dante. Instantly the thought spread and the simile deepened. Were we two not all alone? and this unearthly hour and light--Then I chuckled softly, but the silence that the chuckle shattered shrank away and made it a loud, coarse sound, so that I involuntarily drew in my breath. But it was really amusing, the thought of Dante setting out on a hunt for kinkajous and giant armadillos. Jeremiah looked at me wonderingly, and we went on in silence. And for the next mile Dante vanished from my t...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jungle-night-69633/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jungle-night-69633/chapters/2/index.md)