ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



FACING PAGE 



Group — Nhambiquara child with a pet monkey. The men had holes 

 pierced through the septum of the nose and through the upper lip, 

 and wore a straw through each hole •. 218 



Group — Maloca or beehive hut of the Nhambiquaras. A Nhambiquara 



shelter hut and utensils 220 



The ant-hills were not infrequently taller than a horseman's head . . . 222 



Group — A Nhambiquara family. Nhambiquara women and children. 



"Adam and Eve" , 236 



Group — Nhambiquara archer. First position. Second position . . . 240 



Group — I did my writing in headnet and gauntlets. Colonel Roosevelt's 



canoe disappears down the River of Doubt 244 



Colonel Roosevelt's and Colonel Rondon's canoes at the mouth of the 



Bandeira 248 



In mid-afternoon we came to the mouth of a big and swift affluent. . . . 

 It was undoubtedly the Bandeira. 



The rapids of Navai'te 250 



There were many curls, and one or two regular falls. 



Cherrie holding a rifle to show the width of the rapids at Navaite . . . 252 

 At one point it was less than two yards across. 



Portaging around Navaite Rapids 254 



We spent March 3 and 4 and the morning of the Jth in portaging around 

 the rapids. 



Rapids of the Diivida 258 



Dragging the canoes over a portage by means of ropes and logs . . . 262 



Group — Manner of dragging the canoes across a hilly portage. Making 



the big canoe which was soon afterward lost 266 



Group — ^The Upper Duvida. Cherrie in his canoe 284 



Group — Red-and-yellow macaw. Egret. Curassow. Hyacinthine macaw. 



Toco toucan. Trumpeter 290 



The river rushed through a wild gorge, a chasm or canyon, between two 



mountains 300 



Group — Rapids at the chasm. We bathed and swam in the river al- 

 though in it we caught piranhas 308 



