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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The sand rose rapidly, whirling round and round Page 314 



Everywhere the cactus might be seen assuming twenty different 



shapes _ 318 



The water disappeared under a low arch 341 



Four children appeared 346 



An animal came tumbling down about ten paces from us 358 



The sun was just setting 362 



L'Encuerado was pressing his arm and uttering cries of pain 365 



The Terre- Chaude was stretched out at my feet 373 



And the Indian went away, saluting 379 



I threw a stone at the beast 383 



There was a whole tribe of monkeys frolicking about 397 



I looked in vain for the cougar. . 403 



L'Encuerado turned three somersets 407 



It stood up on its hind legs 417 



The bank to the right was covered with cranes, and that to the left 



with spoonbills : 422 



The head and bright eyes of a superb jaguar appeared about fifty 



paces from us t 426 



We now came upon some creeping plants . 430 



The monkey slid down, and fell dead at our feet 435 



In front of us opened a glade, bordered by tall palm-trees 442 



A band of peccaries were pursuing us 447 



The banks of the river were covered with alligators 454 



The Indian and his branch descended with a splash into the river 458 



The entire drove dashed at full gallop into the stream 461 



The reeds were pushed aside 468 • 



The deer sank down under the weight of a puma. 472 



While the moon dimly lighted up the landscape 475 



Lucien beg'an to repeat to the parrots the names of Hortense and 



Emile 479 



We had to cross some muddy marshes 486 



Also numerous Woodcuts embodied in, and illustrative of, the text. 



