CHAPTER XXXI. 



THE HUNTERS HUNTED. ESCAPE FROM PECCARIES. A 



JAGUAR-HUNT. AN IBIS. THE CAYMANS. — THE WILD 



FTER we had finished our breakfast next morning, 



^-^ we embarked our baggage and menagerie, and pre- 

 pared to depart. I was just going on board the raft when 

 a noise attracted our attention to the forest, and two pec- 

 caries rushed past us, pursuing one another. L'Encuerado, 

 taken by surprise, shot at one of the animals without kill- 

 ing it, and we all gave chase. Hardly had we gone a hun- 

 dred paces, when the Indian, who was in front of us, turn- 

 ed right about, shouting out, " To the raft ! to the raft !" 

 A noise like the gallop of a troop of horses seemed to 



bulls. 



