CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER IX. 
VOYAGE UP THE TAPAJOS. 
Preparations for voyage—First day’s sail—Mode of arranging money matters and 
remittance of collections in the interior—Loss of boat—Altar do Chao— 
Excursion in forest—Valuable timber—Modes of obtaining fish—Difficulties 
with crew—Arrival at Aveyros—Excursions in the neighbourhood— White 
Cebus, and habits and dispositions of Cebi Monkeys—Tame Parrot— 
Missionary settlement—Enter the River Cupari—Adventure with Anaconda 
—Smoke-dried Monkey—Boa-constrictor—Village of Munduruct Indians, 
and incursion of a wild tribe—Falls of the Cupari—Hyacinthine Macaw— 
Re-emerge into the broad Tapajos—Descent of river to Santarem 
CHAPTER X. 
THE UPPER AMAZONS—VOYAGE TO EGA. 
Departure from Barra—First day and night on the Upper Amazons—Desolate 
appearance of river in the flood season—Cucama Indians—Mental condition 
of Indians—Squalls—Manatee—Forest—Floating pumice-stones from the 
Andes—Falling banks—Ega and its inhabitants—Daily life of a Naturalist 
at Ega—Customs, trade, etc.—The four seasons of the Upper Amazons. 
CHAPTER XI. 
EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA. 
The River Teffé—Rambles through groves on the beach—Excursion to the 
house of a Passé chieftain—Character and customs of the Passé tribe—First 
excursion to the sand islands of the Solimoens—Habits of great river-turtle 
—Second excursion—Turtle-fishing in the inland pools—Third excursion— 
Hunting rambles with natives in the forest—Return to Ega 
CHAPTER XII. 
ANIMALS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA. 
Scarlet-faced Monkeys—Parauacii Monkey—Owl-faced Night-apes—Marmosets 
—Jupura—Comparison of monkeys of the New World with those of the 
Old—Bats—Birds—Cuvier’s Toucan—Curl-crested Toucan—Insects—Pen- 
dulous cocoons—Foraging Ants—Blind Ants 
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