These tormite nests are characteristic of the cairipos every where* 
It took 5 days to reach Rio Araguaya, bet?/een Goyaz and Matto Grosso, the 
only tributary of the Amazon I reached. I had one day here and t 
started across Matto Grosso. 
The country is sparsely populated, the dwellings mud huts, shared Vvith 
the pigs and chickens, I slept in the autoxriobile^ to the horror of the 
people • Jose prptested at first, but I think he came to believe that 
1 was protected by tone especially efficient santinha, because I remained 
unharmed after eating oranges first thing in the morning, \^hen he was 
sure that was certain death; because I went far into the campos and^, matlQ^ 
where I was warned onjas were lying in wait for wandering senhoras^and 
the tuBiandu (ant eater) would tear me to pieces with his long oaail^* 
I was sorry to miss the on9as and all I saw of an ant eater was the bushy 
tail as he ?/addled off through the tall grass* 
Cn the fourth day we f oun d the bridge across Rio Itu was out^and the 
river was higb# Cuyaba was but one day away^but there ?ms no way to get 
there until the bridge was rebuilt. Returning to Bio Sao Louren90 we found 
next morning tte river had risen. When the car ?ms placed on the ferry and 
the ferry untied we were carried down streaia about 500 ft. before it was 
driven into the bank at a bend* It took several hours to get the ferry 
back. Before trying it again Jose wanted me to photograph the populace 
[slide l4. iill the inhabitants of the village. The tall 
man next the left end is the superman who saved the ferry 
from going down river with the car the second time. The 
man with the bo©ts toward the right is Jose, and behind 
is the long-suffering car.] 
