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Travels and Adventures 



sava/o, somewhat like a salmon. They seem to be 

 fond of feeding- in the shallows on the edge of the 

 sand - banks, and at a considerable distance away we 

 could see their movements in the water ; so directly 

 we brought the canoe opposite to them, the boatmen 



FISH-SCALE (NATURAL SIZE). 



jumped into the river and gave chase, driving them as 

 much as possible into the shallowest part. The chase 

 was most exciting, six natives to four fish, dodging 

 each other with such surprising agility that they only 

 lost one, the others being killed by a stroke of the 

 machete, which the natives use with such dexterity. It 

 was impossible for me to learn the scientific name of 



