but estimted it at about 15 feet, ftt^ head was raised about two feet, facing 
me. I beolcQa off respectfully. 
At Sante Barbara at tbe foot of Oaparao it took all our powers of 
persuasion to eeoure »n and laulea, the whole settXewent tak ins part 
in tHe aiscusaioa and telling us it was nao posBiwl. It was raining 
when we started - it is always raialag on Oaparao apparently, ©specially 
OB the seaward side. Tbe riTer was and our pack aule oate out with 
water dripping froa the paniers ooataiaing plant driers and food. We 
stayed at the last house that night and proceeded on foot next Eiornlng 
entering the rain forest in a few hours. We were to spend the night m 
a cave but ttejav^was full of fleas so Mrs. JSexla and 2 spent the night 
in her tiny tent^ih the forest. The 4 laen stayed with the fleas. In 
the laornlng we got off early, still raining, the trail, where there was 
any^ a deep sponge or running rivulet. Everything was covered with 
ferns, from little |^ilaie8 to tree ferns, the axsponga, the anvil bird, 
struck ringing blows startlingly like a >msmm on an anvil, when we 
reached the bamboo «one I -rejoieed thinking the worst was over, lut this 
was really the hardest pert/ tripped continually by the interlacing culms 
and the trail very steep. About 3:50 we struggled out of the bafflboo/ 
It was still steep clixabing up the rookj^ slope but grasses all about rejoiced 
my heart, though I was wobbly in the knees. There was still a league to 
■go to shelter (a herder's hut on the shotilder of the Eoaataia)-a league 
is any distanee in Brasll. .Ifirs. iSexia gave out, and we had the men put up 
the little tent. It was late so the^Mto hurry away to reach the sholteif 
hefore dark. The tent was tied to a boulder at one end and to a gnarled trel 
