{"product_id":"2940013221116","title":"THE LAND OF MYSTERY","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN THE MATTO GROSSO.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe blood-red sun was sinking beyond the distant Geral Mountains, when\u003cbr\u003ea canoe, containing four white men and three natives, came to a halt a\u003cbr\u003ethousand miles from the mighty Amazon, in the upper waters of the Xingu\u003cbr\u003eRiver, near the great table-land of Matto Grosso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was hard work, forcing the long shallow boat against the rapid\u003cbr\u003ecurrent of the stream, whose unknown source is somewhere among the\u003cbr\u003efamous diamond regions of Brazil.  It was plain sailing for three\u003cbr\u003ehundred leagues from the Amazon, from whose majestic volume the little\u003cbr\u003eparty of explorers had turned southward more than a month before.  The\u003cbr\u003ebroad sail, which was erected in the centre of the craft, swept it\u003cbr\u003esmoothly along over the narrowing bosom of the Xingu, between luxuriant\u003cbr\u003eforests and past tribes of strange-looking Indians, who stood on the\u003cbr\u003ebanks staring wonderingly at the extraordinary beings, the like of\u003cbr\u003ewhich many of them had never seen before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOccasionally the explorers put ashore, and, using only the language of\u003cbr\u003esigns, exchanged some of the beads and gaudy trinkets for the curious\u003cbr\u003earticles of the savages.  Endless varieties of fruit were so abundant\u003cbr\u003ethat it was to be had for the simple trouble of plucking; while the\u003cbr\u003etimid natives stood in such awe of their visitors, that the thought of\u003cbr\u003eharming them never entered their minds.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164890284272,"sku":"2940013221116","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013221116_p0.jpg?v=1763578465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013221116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}