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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XI 



Excursions in the Neighbourhood of Ega 



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The river Teffe— Rambles through groves on the beach 

 —Excursion to the house of a Passe chieftain- 

 Character and customs of the Passe tribe— First 

 excursion to the sand islands of the Solimoens— 

 Habits of great river-turtle— Second excursion— 

 Turtle-fishing in the inland pools— Third excursion 

 — Hunting-rambles with natives in the forest — 

 Return to Ega 3^5 



CHAPTER Xn 



Animals of the Neighbourhood of Ega 



Scarlet-faced Monkeys— Paraucii Monkey— Owl-faced 

 Night-apes — Marmosets — J upura — Comparison of 

 Monkeys of the New World with those of the Old 

 —Bats — Birds — Cuvier's Toucan — Curl-Crested 

 Toucan — Insects — Pendulous Cocoons — Foraging 

 Ants— Blind Ants . . • . • • 43^ 



CHAPTER XIII 



Excursions beyond Ega 



Steamboat travelling on the Amazons— Passengers— 

 Tunantins — Caishana Indians — The Jutahi — Indian 

 tribes on the Jutahi and the Juriia— The Sapo— 

 Maraua Indians— Fonte Boa — ^Journey to St Paulo 

 — Tuciina Indians— Illness — Descent to Para — 

 Changes at Para— Departure for England . . 479 



