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Haleyonide and the Anhinga which is a Pelicanid of arboreal — 
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gcrering step with the gradual elevation of the country the 
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sidered as equivalents of the two herbivorous pachyderms, 
which seem to feed on them; they are the tapir and the pecean 
(Danta and Sajino of the natives). Corresponding to them is 
the Manati, which is said to abound through this section as it 
does also within the delta. 
The section of the Atrato levees in its geological character is, 
if the expression is admissible, truly amphibious, for during 
eight or ten months it is thoroughly swamped by the overllow 
of the Atrato. ; 
_ The growth of trees upon it is nevertheless very heavy, and the 
traveller here meets those well known mighty leguminous Fis 
in company with mammoth forms of Bombax ceiba, and also 
with Cedrela, Carolinea or a Tecoma. They maintain a promt 
nent stand upon the banks of the river or arrange themselves 
there in closed ranks as an impenetrable phalanx. ; 
Here the river flows in solitary grandeur, reflecting from 18 
mighty sheet of water an ocean of light and giving | to 
beauty of a tropical flora. Such is the difference, where light 
openin f the river. : 
p gs of the river. throughout bs 
course of nearly sixty miles from the head of its delta up to 
and this is but a mere trading station for the Atrato va eqout- 
anda shipping depot for the collected raw ace 
choue and ivory-nuts. A few natives only remain 10 Indian 
to profit by raising plantains, bananas and other —s is of 
corn, calabassas and cacao, which latter prospers here 
‘superior quality. 
Section III. The Hverglades.—In leaving the Atrato ted , 
through the mouth of the Truand6 a relapse of level 38 of eve 
which leads for about 18 or 19 miles through a ne recipients 
glades, They form on both sides of the Atrato t 
