2/2 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. 



As we went on we were impressed with the amount of work 

 which had been necessary to open up this river for the pass- 

 age of ballyhoos laden with mine machinery. Six months 

 ago it had been impassable, except for small Indian canoes, 



Fig. 117. A Wilderness P.-\ssion Flower — Simitu. 



and these had often to be dragged ashore and around obstruc- 

 tions. Now the little channel had been opened, and although 

 for the most part completely overhung with interlacing vines 

 and branches, yet our ballyhoo wound in and out around the 



