CHAPTEE III. 



Journey up River continued Wild Pigs and Jaguar Bimgos 

 Reach Machuca Castillo Capture of Castillo by Nelson 

 India-rubber Trade Rubber-men Method of making India- 

 rubber Congo Monkeys Macaws The Savallo River En- 

 durance of the Boatmen San Carlos Interoceanic Canal 

 Advantages of the Nicaraguan Route The Rio Frio Stories 

 about the Wild Indians Indian Captive Children Expeditions 

 up the Rio Frio American River Steamboats. 



AFTER breakfast we again continued our voyage up the 

 river, and passed the mouth of the San Carlos, another 

 large stream running down from the interior of Costa 

 Rica. Soon after we heard some wild pigs (Dicoteles 

 tajacn] or "Wari, as they are called by the natives, 

 striking their teeth together in the wood, and one of the 

 boatmen leaping 011 shore soon shot one, which he 

 brought on board after cutting out a gland on its back that 

 emits a musky odour, and we afterwards had it cooked 

 for our dinner. These Wari go in herds of from fifty to 

 one hundred. They are said to assist each other against 

 the attacks of the jaguar, but that wary animal is too in- 

 telligent for them. He sits quietly upon a branch of a 

 tree until the Wari come underneath ; then jumping down 

 kills one by breaking its neck ; leaps up into the tree 

 again and waits there until the herd depart, when he 

 comes down and feeds on the slaughtered Wari in 

 quietness. We shortly afterwards passed one of the 



