ILLUSTRATIONS 



THESE KEYS WERE LIKE CLEAN, ORDERLY, LIT- 

 TLE PICNIC GROUNDS Facing p. 1 1 1 



CARDI, THE "PLACE OF DEAD BONES," Is THE 

 LARGEST AND BEST VILLAGE AT THE WEST- 

 ERN END OF THE ARCHIPELAGO .... 118 



A SAN BLAS VILLAGE WITH ITS PALM-THATCHED 



HOUSES AND SOME OF ITS INHABITANTS . . " 119 



A FRESH WIND WAS BLOWING WHEN THE 

 " WISDOM " NOSED OUT THROUGH THE 

 BREAKWATER AND HEADED TOWARD SOUTH 

 AMERICA " 122 



SEVERAL DUGOUTS, MANNED BY NAKED BOYS, 



CIRCLED Us AT A RESPECTFUL DISTANCE . " 122 



THE START OF THE RACE " 123 



A SAN BLAS CANOE " 123 



Rows OF NAKED BOYS PERCHED ALONG THE 



RAILS LIKE BLACKBIRDS 126 



BY THIS TIME THE BOYS HAD ADOPTED Us AND 



MADE THEMSELVES MASTERS OF THE SHIP 127 



WE SPENT MUCH TIME ASHORE AND EASILY ES- 

 TABLISHED FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE 

 INHABITANTS 134 



A PRIMITIVE SAN BLAS CANE MILL .... " 134 



OWING TO THEIR DIMINUTIVE SIZE, IT Is DIFFI- 

 CULT TO DISTINGUISH THE WOMEN FROM 

 THE GIRLS EXCEPT BY THEIR HAIR ... " 135 



THE CROCODILES ARE INCREDIBLY THICK AND 



VERY SIZABLE . 138 



WE SUPPLIED THE VILLAGE WITH FISH, Too, 

 FOR THE STREAMS WERE CHOKED WITH 

 GIANT SNAPPERS, JEWFISH, AND TARPON . 138 



WE PUT FULL TRUST IN THESE LITTLE MEN 

 WHOM WE FOLLOWED INTO WILDERNESSES 



AND SWAMPS 139 



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