X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



VALENCIA AND PCEUTO CADELLO. 



Ilucienda of ilr. Gluckler. — Coffee. — Cacao. — Tigcr-IIunt. — A Tropical 

 Forest.— Lost on the Mountains. — A Cheerless Night. — Exit from the 

 Wilds.— Eeturn to Valencia. — Descent to the Sea-coast. — Papaw- 

 Tree. — " Cow-Tree." — Thermal Springs. — Discomforts of Life at a 

 Hacienda. — Cocoa-Palm. — Mangroves. — Puerto Cabello Page 44 



CHAPTER VI. 



OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO THE LLANOS — AFLOAT IN THE FOREST. 



Water-system of South America. — Our Route. — Leave Puerto Cabello. — 

 Last Visit to Valencia. — A South American Road. — Fording a River. — 

 Wild Scenery. — Niglit at a Posada. — First View of Llanos. — Their Ex- 

 tent and General Features. — Town of Pao. — Embarked for Baul. — Our 

 Bongo. — "Very bad" to wash before Breakfast. — Palms. — Bam- 

 boos. — Alligators. — Howling Monkeys. — Lost in the Forest. — Navigat- 

 ing under Difficulties. — Shooting Rapids. — Night at a Llano Hut 58 



CHAPTER Vn. 



BAUL AND SAN FKRNANDO. 



Over the Flooded Llanos. — Abundance of Animated Life. — ^^On the Rio 

 Trinaco. — A Tropical Shower. — Sickness. — Arrival at Baul. — One of 

 the Party Homeward bound. — Sad Reflections. — Stay at Baul. — Down 

 the Portuguesa. — Arrival at San Fernando. — The Town. — Preparations 

 for continuing our Voyage. — A Deliberate Crew . . 81 



CHAPTER VHL 



AFLOAT UPON THE LLAXO.S. 



Aspect of the Inundated Plains. — Wild Horses and Cattle. — Crocodiles. — 

 Anacondas. — Electric Eels. — Cannibal-Fish. — Experiences upon the 

 Payara. — Myriads of Aquatic Birds. — A Breakfast and Cock-fight. — 

 Manati, or "Sea-cow." — Upon the Arauca. — Over Flooded Savan- 

 nas. — At Asaiba. — Niguas. — Jaguar. — Abnormal Butchering. — Em- 

 barked for the Orinoco. — Navigating Submerged Forest. — Lost upon 

 the Llanos. — An Uncomfortable Night. — Arrival upon the Orinoco. 



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CHAPTER IX. 



The Orinoco. — Preparations for entering Urbana. — Reception at the Town. 

 — A Fiesta-Day. — Our Quarters. — Smoking out Bats. — Description of 



