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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE VII. 



Page. 



Itinerary — Tingo Maria — Vampires — Blow guns — Canoe navigation — Shoot- 

 ing monkeys — Tocache — Sion — Salt hills of Pilluana 136 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Tarapoto — Pongo of Chasuta — Chasuta — Yurimaguas — Sta. Cruz — Anto- 

 nio, the Paragua — Laguna — Mouth of the Huallaga 160 



CHAPTEE IX. ' 



Entrance into the Amazon — Nauta— Upper and lower missions of Mainas — 

 Conversions of the Ucayali — Trade in sarsaparilla — Advantages of trade 

 with this country - 180 



CHAPTER X. 



Nauta — River Ucayali — Sarayacu — The missionaries — The Indians of the 



Ucayali „ 194 



CHAPTER XI. 



Upper Ucayali— M. Castelnau — Length of navigation— Loss of the priest — 

 Departure from Sarayacu — Omaguas— Iquitos — Mouth of the Napo — 

 Pebas— San Jose de los Yaguas — State of Indians of Peru 212 



CHAPTER XII. 



Chochiquinas — Caballo Cocha — Alligators— Indian incantations — Loreto — 

 Tabatinga — River Yavari — San Paulo— River Rja — Tunantins — Making 

 Manteiga — River Jutay— Fonteboa — River Jurua — River Japura 233 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Egas — Trade— Lake Coari— Mouth of the Rio Negro — Barra— Trade- 

 Productions 254 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Town of Barra — Foreign residents— Population — Rio Negro — Connexion 

 with the Oronoco — River Purus— Rio Bianco — Vegetable productions of 

 the Amazon country 273 



CHAPTER XV. 



Departure from Barra— River Madeira — Serpa — Villa Nova — Maues— 

 River Trombetas — Cocoa plantations — Obidos— Santarem 289 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Santarem— Population— Trade— River Tapajds — Cuiaba— Diamond • re- 

 gion—Account of the Indians of the Tapajos 303 



