xii A NATURALIST IX THE GUIANAS 



CHAPTER XVIII 



PAOE 



Our last tapir — Arawa and Arichi — The fatal Apiil 27 — Loss of the 

 large boat — We arrive at a decision — A night of misery — Mateo 

 bitten by a snake— Treatment of snake-bite — Slow progress through 

 the forest — The men build a raft— The kosoibo — Sufferings of the 

 men — Suraima — We begin to starve — In desperate straits — The 

 men decide to separate 243 



CHAPTER XIX 



We separate— Achaba — The giant armadillo — Dogs attacked by a 

 puma — Guayarapo — Maite loses his reason — Death of our guide 

 — Para — We leave Para — We reach Mura— Back at La Prision . '265 



CHAPTER XX 



Departure of the relief party — Juan Silva's wife — With the Waiom- 

 gomos — Cotton-spinning — A primitive dark-room^Orchid collect- 

 ing — Cassava — Yaraqud — Basket -making — Return of the relief 

 party — Canoe-building — Agi-iculture — Treatment of children — The 

 blow-pipe — Isidor — Departure from La Prision — On the Orinoco 

 again 283 



Conclusion 304 



Index . . 305 



