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TROIMCAL WILD LITE IX JJHITISH GUIANA 



Photo by W. D. 



FIG. 25. JUNGLE FUNGUS. 



persist in walking about, or nioviiio- some part of your body 

 or liauds. 



I'lius it is tbat, passing in a canoe witb noise of paddles, 

 or trani])ing a trail to tbe accompaniment of crackling twigs 

 and leaves, it is not strange tbat tbe jungle seems deserted, 

 a ])lace of distant, unattacbed voices or a region of lifeless 

 silence. As well complain of tbe paucity of bird life in a 

 counti'v A\'bicb vou bave iust traversed in a swnft motor car, 

 or of tbe lack of botanical knowledge to be gleaned from 

 an aeroplane! AVben walking in tbe jungle in single file 

 witb a number of people, I bave often (lr()p])ed back and 

 squatted motionless, and less tban two minutes after tbe 

 last figure passed from view, tbe bidden creatures began to 

 reveal tbemselves, first \ocally, tben optically, until normal 



