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was attached to the foremast and leapt ashore ; had he 
not done so, we should probably have been driven many 
miles backwards up the storm-tossed river. After the 
cloud had passed, the regular east wind began to blow, 
and our further progi-ess was effectually stopped for the 
night. The next day we all went ashore, after securing 
well the canoe, and slept from eleven o'clock till five 
under the shade of trees. 
The distance between Point Cururu and Santarem 
was accomplished in three days, against the same diffi- 
culties of contrary and furious winds, shoaly water, and 
rocky coasts. I was thankful at length to be safely 
housed, with the whole of my collections, made under so 
many privations and perils, landed without the loss or 
damage of a specimen. The men, after unloading the 
canoe and delivering it to its owner, came to receive 
their payment. They took part in goods and part in 
money, and after a good supper, on the night of the 
7th October, shouldered their bundles and set off to 
walk by land some eighty miles to their homes. I was 
rather surprised at the good feeling exhibited by these 
poor Indians at parting. Angelo Custodio said that 
whenever I should wish to make another voyage up 
the Tapajos, he would be always ready to serve me as 
pilot. Alberto was undemonstrative as usual ; but 
Ricardo, with whom I had had many sharp quarrels, 
actually shed tears when he shook hands and bid me 
the final " adeos," 
