CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER XI. 



Tage. 



Exaltacion — Cayavabo Indians — Descending the Mamore river — Indians shooting fish — 

 Houbarayos savages and birds at midnight — Ascend the Itenez river — Forte do Princi- 

 ,pe da Beira, in Brazil — Negro soldiers — Kind attention of the commandante — Favora- 

 ble notice of the expedition by the President of Matto Grosso — The wilderness — Friend- 

 ship of Don Antonio, his boat, and a crew of negro soldiers — Departure for the Madeira 

 river — Birds and fishes congregated at the mouth of the Itenez — On the Mamore river 

 again — A negro soldier's account of the Emperor's service — Roar of " Guajara-merim" 

 Falls 263 



CHAPTER XII. 



Jacares savages— Mouth of the Beni river — Obstructions to steamboat navigation — Ma- 

 deira river falls — Lighten the boat — Pot holes — Granite — Pedreneira falls — Caripuaa 

 savages — Pedro milks a savage woman — Bilious fever — Arrive at the foot of San Anto- 

 nio falls — The impracticability of navigating by steamboats the falls of the Mamore and 

 Madeira rivers — Proposed road through the territory of Brazil to Bolivia — Physical 

 strength of the white, black, and red men, compared under a tropical climate — Taman- 

 dua island — Turtle eggs — Oil-hunters — Borba — Mouth of the Madeira river 287 



APPENDIX. 



Observations with the sextant and artificial horizon — Meteorological observations — Table 

 of distances in South Peru and Bolivia by government measurement — Boiling water 

 measurements of heights above sea level — Map of roads and rivers, with situation of 

 mineral wealth 315 



