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The Aiq^DEs and the Amazon. 



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palm leaves. It is embow- 

 ered in a magnificent grove 

 of jDlantains and papayas. 

 In the spacious vestibule is 

 a bench, on which the In- 

 dian governor and his staff 

 seat themselves every morn- 

 ing to confer with the al- 

 calde. In one corner stands 

 a table (the only one we 

 remember seeing on the 

 I^apo); on the opposite side 

 are heaped up jars, pots, ket- 

 tles, hunting and fishing im- 

 plements, paddles, bows and 

 arrows. Between the posts 

 swing two chambiri ham- 

 mocks. From Santa Eosa 

 to Para the hammock an- 

 swers for chair, sofa, tUe-a- 

 tete, and bed. Wlien a stran- 

 ger enters, he is in^dted to sit 

 in a hammock ; and at San- 

 ta Rosa we were always pre- 

 sented with a cup of guayusa; in Brazil with a cup of cof- 

 fee. Sandoval wore nothing but shirt and pantaloons ; the 

 dignity of the barefooted functionary was confined to his 

 Spanish blood. He had lived long among the Zaparos; 

 and from him, his daughter, and a Zaparo servant, we ob- 

 tained much valuable information respecting that wild and 

 little-known tribe. 



At Santa Eosa we procured Indians and canoes for the 

 Maraiion. This was not easily done. The Indians seemed 

 reluctant to quit their feasts and go on such a long voyage. 



Papaya-tree. 



