CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER XIV 
SAN CARLOS TO MANAOS (BARRA) 
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Leaves San Carlos— Stays at the pilot's cunuco — Overhears 
plan for his murder and robbery — How it was circum- 
vented — At Uaupes got four more men — Sao Gabriel — 
Takes a negro mason as passenger to Manaos — "A 
sensible, well-behaved man" — Botanical notes on the 
voyage — Reach Mandos — Excursion to Rio Taruma — A 
waterfall and surrounding forest — Letter to Sir W. 
Hooker as to his future plans — Letter to Mr. Bentham 
on inconvenient changes of geographical names — Contrast 
between shores of the Amazon and Rio Negro — India- 
rubber trees of the Rio Negro — Editor's notes on present 
extension of the rubber industry . . . 487 
