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hinder part of the back, and containing a liquid of a 

 strong and disagreeable odour. 



Immediately after camping, the Indian huntsmen were 

 sent out, but they brought back only a large maam 

 (Tinamus subcristatus) . The late part of the afternoon 

 was always, throughout the trip, devoted to hunting in 

 the bush for specimens to be prepared ; and, almost in- 

 variably, the early morning also before starting ; and, 

 sometimes, later on when a halt was made for breakfast. 

 Generally, something was brought in desirable for the 

 collection o( skins ; but the Indian mind was more deeply 

 bent on procuring " meat," and in spite of the repeated 

 directions given to them when they set out, to bring in 

 specimens of certain kinds, accourie (Dasyprotla aguti) 

 and large maam were at first the almost constant result, 

 varied at times by one or more specimens of other 

 animals, among which the land tortoise (Testudo tabu- 

 lata) frequently figured. 



Fishing was also vigorously prosecuted at special 

 camping places well-known to the men. Night after 

 night, the long lines were set for the larger kinds of fish, 

 skins of which I was particularly anxious to procure ; 

 but seldom did anything result. An effe£tive method of 

 procuring bait was made use of in throwing pellets of 

 counami leaves (Clibadium) into the water. After a 

 short time, the various small fish, which had swallowed 

 them, floated — often struggling under the influence of the 

 poison — and were picked up by the men who pursued 

 them swimming. " Daree" (Leporinus), a fish about 

 a foot in length, and looking very much like a salmon, 

 was almost invariably the bait thus caught. 



The scenery of the river above the rapids was by no 



