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CHAPTER XVI. 



VOYAGE DOWN THE IllO APUBE. 



San Fernando— Commencement of tlie Rainy Season — Progress nf 

 Atmospherical Phenomena — Cetaceous Animals — Voyaj^e down 

 the Rio Apure — Vegetation and Wild Animals — Crocodiles, 

 Chiguires, and Jaguars— Don Ignacio and Donna liiabella — 

 Water-fowl — Nocturnal Howlings in the Forest — Caribe-fish 

 — Adventure with a Jaguar — Manatees — Mouth of the Rio 

 Apure,." Page 17"» 



CHAPTER XVII. 



VOYAGE UP THE ORIKOCO. 



Ascent of the Orinoco — Port of Encararaada — Traditions of a Uni- 

 versal Deluge — Gathering of Turtles' Eggs — Two Species de- 

 scribed — Mode of collecting the Eggs and of manufacturing the 

 Oil — Probable Number of these Animals on the Orinoco — Deco- 

 rations of the Indians — Encampment of Paraniraa — Height of 

 the Inundations of the Orinoco — Rapids of Tabage, I'JO 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



VOYAGE UP THE ORINOCO CONTINUED. 



Mission of Atures — Epidemic Fevers — Black Crust of Granitic 

 Rocks^Causes of Depopulation of the INlissions — Falls of Apures 

 — Scenery — Anecdote of a Jaguar — Domestic Animals — Wild 

 Man of the Woods — Mosquitoes and other poisonous Insects — 

 Mission and Cataracts of Maypures. — Scenery — Inhabitants — 

 Spice-trees — San Fernando de Atabapo — San Baltasar — The 

 Mother's Rock — Vegetation — Dolphins — San Antonio de Javita 

 — Indians — Elastic Gum — Serpents — Portage of the Pimichin — 

 Arrival at the Rio Negro, a Branch of the Amazon — Ascent ot 

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