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CHAPTER VI. 



LIFE AT MANAOS. VOYAGE FROM MANAOS TO TABATINGA. 



ARRIVAL, AT MANAOS. MEETING OF THE SOLTMOENS WITH THE Rio NEGRO. 

 DOMESTICATED AT MANAOS. RETURN OF PARTY FROM THE TAPAJOZ. 

 GENEROSITY OF GOVERNMENT. WALKS. WATEK - CARRIERS. INDIAN 

 SCHOOL. LEAVE MANAOS. LIFE ON BOARD THE STEAMER. BARREIRA 

 DAS CUDAJAS. COARI. WOODING. APPEARANCE OF BANKS. GEOLOGI 

 CAL CONSTITUTION. FOREST. SUMAUMEIRA-TREE. ARROW-GRASS. RED 

 DRIFT CLIFFS. SAND-BEACHES. INDIAN HUTS. TURTLE-HUNTING. 

 DRYING FISH. TEFFE. DOUBTS ABOUT THE JOURNEY. UNEXPECTED AD 

 VISER. FONTE I jo A. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF BANKS. LAKES. 

 FLOCKS OF WATER BIRDS. TONANTINS. PICTURESQUE GROUPING OF IN 

 DIANS. SAN PAOLO. LAND-SLIDES. CHARACTER OF SCENERY. SCANTY 

 POPULATION. ANIMAL LIFE. TABATINGA. ASPECT OF THE SETTLE 

 MENT. MOSQUITOES. LEAVE ONE OF THE PARTY TO MAKE COLLECTIONS. 

 ON OUR WAY DOWN THE RIVER. PARTY TO THE RIVERS I\A AND HYUTAHY. 

 AGROUND IN THE AMA/ONS. ARRIVAL AT TEFFE. 



September 5f/i. Manaos. Yesterday morning we entered 

 the Rio Negro and saw the meeting of its calm, black waters 

 with the rushing yellow current of the Amazons, or the 

 Solimoens, as the Upper Amazon is called. They are well 

 named by the Indians the &quot; living and the dead river,&quot; for 

 the Solimoens pours itself down upon the dark stream of 

 the Rio Xegro with such a vital, resistless force, that the 

 latter does indeed seem like a lifeless thing by its side. 

 It is true, that at this season, when the water in both 

 the rivers is beginning to subside, the Rio Negro seems 

 to offer some slight resistance to the stronger river ; it 

 struggles for a moment with the impetuous flood which 

 overmasters it, and, though crowded up against the shore, 

 continues its course for a little distance side by side with 

 the Solimoens. But at the season when the waters are 

 highest, the latter closes the mouth of the Rio Negro so 



