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Photo by C. H. Eigenman: 
ANOTHER VIEW OF KAIETEUR FALLS 
and it is very difficult to make camp after 
sunset, so wherever we were at the 
proper moment we made preparations for 
the night. 
A lantern always hung by my ham- 
mock while I slept to keep away the vam- 
pire bats, and by its light the Indians 
used to begin the morning chores. The 
dawn breaks as suddenly as the night 
falls, yet they always seemed to know 
just a few minutes before that it was 
coming. It was generally 5:30 when we 
climbed out of our hammocks for coffee. 
On Saturday morning we were away 
early and within two hours we reached 
Waratuk portage. The cataract here has 
no straight fall. For too yards it rushes 
down over great rocks in a seething tur- 
bulence which would defy the staunchest 
boat. At this point the only real hitch in 
the expedition occurred. 
The third of the defunct rubber com- 
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