16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
'Very curious indeed. One day I shall really
set myself to the study of beetles. My lake too
is on the far side. It seems to me that we
should reach the post-house in plenty of time
for the men to settle in and for you and me to
go on to my lake. At this time of year it will not
even skim over with ice until well after sunset,
and we may find ducks and geese by the hundred.
We will take Molina, the best llama, to
carry what we shoot.'
'If you are as mistaken about the birds as you
are about my head for heights, Molina will
have no great burden to carry, at all,' reflected
Stephen, who had often heard, each time with
deeper dismay, of the spidery Inca bridges
upon which intrepid Indians crossed torrents
raging a thousand feet below them, even
hauling immobilized animals over by means of
a primitive windlass, the whole construction
swaying wildly to and fro as even a single