12 ' CONTENTS. 



Jaguars— Don Ignacio and Donna Isabella— Watcr-l'owl— Nocturnal 

 Ilowlings in the Forest— Caribe-iish— Adventure witli a Jaguar — Ma- 

 natees— Mouth of the Rio Apure 174 



CHAPTER XVII. 



VOYAGE UP THE ORINOCO. 



Ascent of the Orinoco- Port of Encaramada— Traditions of a universal 

 Deluge— Gatl>cring of Turtles' Eggs— Two Species described— Mode 

 of collecting the Eggs and of manufacturing the Oil — Probable Num- 

 ber of these Animals on the Orinoco— Decorations of the Indians — 

 Encampment of Pararuma— Height of the Inundations of the Ori- 

 noco—Rapids of Tabage 189 



CHAPTER XVm. 



VOVAGE UP THE OKINOCO CONTINUED. 



Mission of Atures— Epidemic Fevers — Black Crust of Granitic Rocks — 

 Causes of Dejwpulatiou of the Missions — Falls of Apures — Scenery — • 

 Anecdote of a Jaguar — Domestic Animals — Wild Man of the Woods 

 — Mosquitoes and other poisonous Insects — Mission and Cataracts of 

 Maypures — Scenery — Inhabitants — Splce-trees — San Fernando de Ata» 

 bipo — San Baltasar — The' Mother's Rock— Vegetation— Dolphins — 

 San Antonio de Javita — Indians— Elastic Gurn— Serpents— Portage of 

 the Pimichln— Arrival at the Rio Negro, a Branch of the Amazon — 

 Ascent of the Casiiiuiare 206 



CHAPTER XIX. 



KOUTE FROM ESMERALDA TO ANGOSTURA. 



Mission of Esmeralda — Curare Poison — Indians — Duida Mountain- 

 Descent of the Orinoco— Cave of Ataruipe — Ratidalito of Carucari— 

 MissionofUruana— Character of the Otomacs — Clay eaten by the Na- 

 tives — Arrival at Angosiiira— The Travellers attacked by Fever — Fe- 

 rocity of the Crocodiles 234 



CHAPTER XX. 



JOURNEY ACROSS THE LLANOS TO NEW-BARCELONA. 



Departure from Angostura— Village of Cari— Natives— Ncvy-Barcelona — 

 Hot Springs — Crocodiles — Passage to Cuuiana 248 



CHAPTER XXI. 



PASSAGE TO HAVANA, AND RESIDENCE IN CUBA. 



Passage from New-Barcelona to Havana— Description of the latter- Ex 

 tent of Cuba— Geological Coustitutiou—Vegctaliou— Climate— Popula  



