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ness and unlimited power of resisting the action 

 of the water also make it highly desirable for 

 construction work, for docks and harbor works, 

 while its use has been specified for the dock-gates 

 of the Panama Canal. 



Here, too, the wallaba tree is plentiful, and 

 sections of our upper Broadway are already 

 paved with blocks of its hardwood. 



On the flora growth a volume might be written, 

 so I shall not wander farther into these paths. 



After procuring another curial and also a 

 woodskin (the latter being made of a single 

 oblong strip of bark, and used to paddle along 

 In quietly in search of game) we proceeded to the 

 north end of what my men called "Gluck Island," 

 which is twelve miles in length and from two to 

 three in width. Here we camped for several 

 days, as I had been informed that the jaguar 

 frequently repaired to this island to rear their 

 young, and which could nearly always be relied 

 upon to harbor some of the big cats. 



Fresh meat had again become rather a scarce 

 item on our evening menu, more because of neg- 

 lect than for lack of opportunity. So rather 

 than frighten off the game and possibly a jaguar 

 which quite generally follow the drift of the 

 game by promiscuous shooting, I proposed to 



