CHAPTER XXVII. 



L'ENCUEEADO and the PAEEOTS — GEINGALET MEETS A FEIEND — THE 

 COUGAE, OE AMEEICAN LION — A STEEAM — CUE "PALM-TEEE VILLA" 

 — TUETLES' EGGS— THE TANTALUS— HEEONS AND FLAMINGOES. 



!:«i{HE parrots that we heard chattering were quite sufficient 

 I'fcS to wake us up in the morning. The sun rose red and 

 angry ; a perfect concert soon greeted its appearance. 

 The hoccos set up their sonorous clucking, and birds of every 

 kind came fluttering round us. Lucien, now reconciled to the 

 virgin forests, was never tired of admiring the varieties of trees, 

 shrubs, or bushes, and the infinite number of the winged in- 

 habitants which enlivened them. We slowly descended into the 

 plain ; even now, the heat was too much for us, and long marches 

 would soon be impossible. A flock of cardinals, with crested 

 heads, flew around us and settled on a magnolia, which then 



