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CONTENTS. 



Jaguars— Don Ignacio and Donna Isabella — Water-fowl — Nocturnal 

 Howlings in the Forest— Caribe-fish— Adventure with a Jaguar — Ma- 

 natees—Mouth of the Rio Apure 174 



CHAPTER XVII. 



VOYAGE UP THE ORINOCO. 



Ascent of the Orinoco — Port of Encaramada — Traditions of a universal 

 Deluge— Gathering of Turtles' Eggs— Two Species described— Mode 

 of collecting the Eggs and of manufacturing the Oil — Probable Num- 

 ber of these Animals on tbe Orinoco— Decorations of the Indians- 

 Encampment of Pararuma— Height of the Inundations of the Ori- 

 noco—Rapids of Tabage 189 



CHAPTER XVm. 



VOYAGE UP THE ORINOCO CONTINUED. 



Mission of Atures— Epidemic Fevers— Black Crust of Granitic Rocks- 

 Causes of Depopulation of the Missions — Falls of Apures — Scenery- 

 Anecdote of a Jaguar— Domestic Animals — Wild Man of the Wooda 

 —Mosquitoes and other poisonous Insects — Mission and Cataracts of 

 Maypures— Scenery— Inhabitants— Spice-trees — San Fernando de Ata- 

 bipo — San Baltasar — The Mother's Rock— Vegetation— Dolphins- 

 San Antonio de Javita — Indians — Elastic Gum— Serpents— Portage of 

 the Pimichin — Arrival at the Rio Negro, a Branch of the Amazon — 

 Ascent of the Casiquiare 206 



CHAPTER XIX. 



ROUTE FROM ESMERALDA TO ANGOSTURA. 



Mission of Esmeralda— Curare Poison — Indians — Duida Mountain- 

 Descent of the Orinoco— Cave of Ataruipe — Raudalito of Carucari — 

 Mission of Uruana— Character of the Otomacs — Clay eaten by the Na- 

 tives — Arrival at Angostura — The Travellers attacked by Fever — Fe- 

 rocity of the Crocodiles 234 



CHAPTER XX. 



JOURNEY ACROSS THE LLANOS TO NEW-BARCELONA. 



Departure from Angostura— Village of Cari — Natives — New-Barcelona— 

 Hot Springs— Crocodiles— Passage to Cumana 248 



CHAPTER XXI. 



PASSAGE TO HAVANA, AND RESIDENCE IN CUBA. 



Passage from New-Barcelona to Havana — Description of the latter— Ex 

 tent of Cuba— Geological Constitution— Vegetation— Climate— Popula. 



