CONTENTS 



PART I 

 COLOMBIA 



CHAPTER PAOB 



I. BUENAVENTURA TO CALI AND THE CAUCA VALLEY . 3 



II. POPAYAN AND THE CfiRRO MUNCHIQUE . ... 18 



III. THE ANDES SOUTHWEST OF POPAYAN; CRUISE OF 



THE "CALDAS" . . 34 



IV. CARTAGO TO THE PARAMOS OF Ruiz AND SANTA ISABEL 47 



V. THE CHOCO COUNTRY ON THE WESTERN COAST OF 



COLOMBIA 64 



VI. IN QUEST OF THE COCK-OF-THE-ROCK .... 76 

 VII. CROSSING THE EASTERN ANDES INTO THE CAQUETA 92 



VIII. ACROSS THE ANTIOQUIAN GOLD-FIELDS TO PUERTO 



VALDIVIA ON THE LOWER CAUCA // . . . . 106 



IX. ASCENT OF THE PARAMILLO COLLECTING ON THE Rio 



Sucio 120 



PART II 

 VENEZUELA 



X. FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES ON THE ORINOCO . . . 141 



XI. THE MAQUIRITARES' LAND AND THE UPPER ORINOCO 162 



XII. LIFE IN THE GUIANA WILDS 180 



XIII. FIRST WEEKS WITH THE ROOSEVELT SOUTH AMERICAN 



EXPEDITION 194 



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