Excerpt from The Demagogue: A Political Novel On either side Of the long line Of inky blackness that marked the Open way for the traveler, were immense treeswblack walnut, oak, ash and hickory - set as closely as was possible, compatible with growth and life, their branches interlacing and forming a canopy which held the wet when it was rainy, and kept out the sun when the sky was clear; and all the time sending up clouds Of malaria. There was a shake Of ague in every drop Of the vegetable-impregnated water under foot, and another in every breath Of the malaria-laden air above. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.