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of a spur of Antisana. It is a cold place, but we passed 

 the month of February 1899 there, and found birds most 

 abundant. From here vvc had to travel on foot down to the 

 headwaters of the Napo, a journey of nearly three weeks. 

 The only habitations met with during that time were at 

 Baeza, three days' walk below Papallacta, where there were 

 four huts. Here, again, we stayed a month, and obtained 

 many rare birds. When at last we reached the Napo many 

 fresh difficulties arose, for we were cast alone among various 

 Indian tribes, some being anything but friendly, and one 

 and all most unwilling to assist us with canoes in which to 

 proceed down the river. C/Onsequently we had to remain in 

 some places, racked with ague and fever, for several months. 

 Even when we were able to get canoes the Indians would not 

 take us beyond their own territories, the various tribes being 

 unfriendly to one another. These enforced stoppages were all 

 the more aggravating, as birds were by no means numerous on 

 the main river ; but we found them plentiful in some places 

 on the narrower tributaries, such as the Jusepino, the Suno, 

 and the Suyuno. The whole journey down the Napo to Iquitos 

 on the Maranon would occupy about four weeks in canoes, 

 if made direct and with the river " in flood. ^' After passing 

 the Rio Tiputini we proceeded straight to that town, which we 

 found to be a fairly flourishing little place and an important 

 rubber-centre, as it is at the head of navigation on the Upper 

 Amazon for the larger steamers. At Iquitos our journey may 

 be said to have ended, since from there we were able, after 

 some further adventures, occasioned by the place being in the 

 throes of a ''revolution,'^ to hire a small launch to the Rio 

 Javarri, and thence to take a river-steamer right down to 

 Para, whence we shipped direct to England. 



During this journey Mr. Hamilton and I collected alto- 

 gether about 4000 skins of birds, belonging, as will be seen by 

 our list, to about 550 species. This great number was entirely 

 due to Mr. Hamilton's unbounded energy and love of shooting, 

 while he at all times kept me fully occupied from morning till 

 evening with skinning, and sometimes far into the night as 

 well. It will be recollected that we lost the first portion of 



