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The Rover of the Andes: A Tale of Adventure on South America
The story follows Lawrence Armstrong, a young Englishman journeying through the perilous landscape of the Andes to reclaim his family's sugar mill following his father's death.
"The Rover of the Andes: A Tale of Adventure on South America" by R. M. Ballantyne is a novel. The story follows Lawrence Armstrong, a young Englishman journeying through the perilous landscape of the Andes to reclaim his family's sugar mill following his father's death.
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Towards the close of a bright and warm day, between fifty and sixty years ago, a solitary man might have been seen, mounted on a mule, wending his way slowly up the western slopes of the Andes.
Although decidedly inelegant and unhandsome, this specimen of the human family was by no means uninteresting. He was so large, and his legs were so long, that the contrast between him and the little mule which he bestrode was ridiculous. He was what is sometimes styled “loosely put together;” nevertheless, the various parts of him were so massive and muscular that, however loosely he might have been built up, most men would have found it rather difficult to take him down. Although wanting in grace, he was by no means repulsive, for his face, which was ornamented with a soft flaxen beard and moustache of juvenile texture, expressed wonderful depths of the milk of human kindness.
He wore boots with the trousers tucked into them, a grey tunic, or hunting coat, belted at the waist, and a broad-brimmed straw hat, or sombrero.
Evidently the times in which he travelled were troublous, for, besides having a brace of large pistols in his belt, he wore a cavalry sabre at his side. As if to increase the eccentricity of his appearance, he carried a heavy cudgel, by way of riding-whip; but it might have been observed that, however much he flourished this whip about, he never actually applied it to his steed.
Contents
- 01At the Foot of the Mountain Range.
- 02Chapter Two.
- 03Compact with the New Friend and Discovery of an Old One.
- 04Chapter Three.
- 05Lingual Difficulties Accompanied by Physical Dangers and followed by the Advent of Banditti.
- 06Chapter Four.
- 07In which Quashy is Communicative and an Enemy is Turned into a Friend.
- 08Chapter Five.
- 09Lawrence and Quashy become “Flosuffical,” and they camp out beside the “Giant’s Castle.”
- 10Chapter Six.
- 11A Storm in the Mountains—Refuge found—Converse round the Fire.
- 12Chapter Seven.
- 13Things begin to look Brighter—The Guide’s Story.
- 14Chapter Eight.
- 15A New Acquaintance and a Change of Scene.
- 16Chapter Nine.
- 17Tells of a Tremendous Catastrophe.
- 18Chapter Ten.
- 19Recounts some Terrible and some Vigorous Deeds.
- 20Chapter Eleven.
- 21Outwitted by a Bandit.
- 22Chapter Twelve.
- 23Thick Woods, Heat, Change of Scene, and Savages.
- 24Chapter Thirteen.
- 25Deals with Spotted Tiger’s Home, and a Hunting Expedition.
- 26Chapter Fourteen.
- 27The Hunt continued; one of the Hunters almost concluded. Explorations indulged in, and a Capture effected.
- 28Chapter Fifteen.
- 29An Unexpected Attack and an Unlooked-for Arrival.
- 30Chapter Sixteen.
- 31Tells of Absurd, as well as Evil, Doings, and winds up with a Horrid Surprise.
- 32Chapter Seventeen.
- 33In which Ingenuity, Comicality, Ferocity, Eccentricity, Fecundity, and some other “Ities” in Man and Beast are mentioned.
- 34Chapter Eighteen.
- 35Pedro becomes communicative; Manuela vocal; Lawrence preposterous; Quashy and Tiger violent—The Whole ending in a Grand Catastrophe.
- 36Chapter Nineteen.
- 37In which, among other things, Lawrence refuses an Invitation, and bids a Final Farewell to Manuela.
- 38Chapter Twenty.
- 39Is cumulatively Astonishing.
- 40Chapter Twenty One.
- 41Hopes, Fears, Perplexities, Joys, and Explanations.
- 42Chapter Twenty Two.
- 43Colonel Marchbanks proves to be not so Good a General as he gets Credit for, and Lawrence stands self-convicted.
- 44Chapter Twenty Three.
- 45Treats of Savages, Captives, Chases, Accidents, Incidents, and Perplexities.
- 46Chapter Twenty Four.
- 47Lawrence and his Man fall in with Strangers, hear Good News, and experience Rough Usage.
- 48Chapter Twenty Five.
- 49Begins with Gaucho Homes and Domestic Concerns; continues with two Fights, and ends with a Friend and a “Puzzler.”
- 50Chapter Twenty Six.
- 51In which Old Friends and Enemies turn up in quite a Surprising Manner, and Quashy’s Joy overflows.
- 52Chapter Twenty Seven.
- 53Describes several Interesting and somewhat Violent Proceedings.
- 54Chapter Twenty Eight.
- 55Treats of a Gaucho Youth.
- 56Chapter Twenty Nine.
- 57Describes several Mysterious Meetings and Conversations.
- 58Chapter Thirty.
- 59The Last.
- 60The End.
About this edition
- Author
- R. M. Ballantyne
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 357 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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