LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FOREST AND RIVER . . . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



THIN TIMBER ON POOR SOIL . . . 25 



A NATURAL BRIDGE x . . . .28 



PORTAGE TO AVOID A FALL X . . .33 



INDIANS COMING DOWN A RAPID . . .41 



THE FISHERMAN . .. * . . 83 



THE HAUNT OF THE ARAPAIMA . . .88 



GREAT MOTH BORER : . . . .116 



CLUSIA FLOURISHING ON CORAL TREE , .152 



WILD- FIG, AFTER DESTROYING ITS HOST . . l6l 



CONFUSED ASSEMBLAGE OF AERIAL ROOTS OF A 

 CLUSIA . f . . . .163 



1 Photos by C. W. Anderson, Esq. 

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