The interior of a rubber camp. On the upper Orinoco the expedition found difficulty in securing 

 help because all natives had gone to the mbber camps along the river beyond. In February these 

 camps present scenes of life and activity to be replaced in a few weeks by primeval solitude 



Method of making portions of the trip up the river Cunucunuma. Raudal de Sina near the 

 encampment of the Maquiritare chief. The expedition's temporary camp was made on the shore 

 and the trail to Duida begun 



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