CHAPTER IL 
Departure from- Tenette — Biilimus Jiaeinastomns — Orthaliciis [/allinus — 
0. undatiis — "Dcseimcntos'' of the Brazilians — Aiiuru-paru Settle- 
ment — Mt. Kuipaiti — ISavannah deer — River Giirati — G aidiivan— 
Mt. Wuracokiia — River JVatiiwau — Kai-irite or Mountains of the 
AIoo\nt — Extraordinary (jranite flats — Tuarutu ' Ran<jc — Fyramid 
Rock Aikuu-e — Waterless niountain dejile — River Manatiu-au — ■ 
Tuarutu Villaije — Hantlet's adventure — Mi.rturc of -neuro and In- 
dian women — Skin-disease of tJie Indians — (Jranite Roeks Uruwai, 
Wapuna and Ciirusr]iiu:i)n — Departure from Tuarutu — Ossotschimi 
Range — Bertltolletia e.tcelsa — Atta cephalotes — Macusi settlement 
Alaripa — The source of the Watuvau — Tlie different species of cat- 
trlhe in Gniana — Ampel is pompadora — So}irccs of the Takutu,: its' 
h a s i 1 1 — A teles paniscus. 
97. At break of day on the 23rd of April we Iqft Teuette vvbicli is 
Bitiiate iu 2° id' 4U" Lat. and 51)' Long. \V., and lies 13 nules 
west of I'irara. My shoes thruugh the frequent bathing iu the Avaters of 
the Takutu, where 1 did uot dare remove them for fear of sting-rays, had 
got into a statt' that precluded all further use on a land journey. I had 
to employ a writing-pad, and that apparently brought me into direct con- 
tact with ^lother Earth. There was no shoemaker and I accordingly 
found myself obliged to walk in sandals like the Indians. This determjna- 
tiou was mo]'e easily resolved upon tlian carried into effect, because the 
Aveb of my toes, like the skin and muscle-covering of the tendon Achilles 
still })0sses!-ed its German sensibility. The sandals are made fjom tlie 
split leaf-stalks of MauriHa and are generally worn by the Indians of the 
savannahs and of tlie ranges because the innumerable sharp and pointed 
quartz fragments that cover both would otherwise cut up and stick into 
their feet. Upon similar gr(.und surface, a sole like this certainly lasts 
hardly 2 to 3 days, but then every palm, supplies a nevr one. To fasten 
it to the feet, there are strings made from Bromelia karatas fibre on botb. 
sides, which, drawn through between the big and second toes, are slung 
over the heel and round the leg, and tied together over the instep. At first 
jogging along with this simple substitute for a shoe was all very well, 
but then limping soon liegan, and half an hour later the blood was running 
between the toes and down the heel, where owing to the continuous fric- 
tion, tlie strings had rubbed their way in. As the wounds could never heal, 
the time taken to form collosities proved tO' be weeks of real triliulation 
and martyrdom — but needs must Avhen the devil drives: it was impossi- 
1>le to make a change and I had to bow to the inevitable.. 
98. After following a South-Westerly course from Tenette over the 
savannah we reached the month of the Cursorari, a small stream, and 
with it, the Takutu again. Innumerable trees and bushes of the lovely 
Elisahetha coccinea Scliomb. overstrewn with tlieir brilliant red flowers 
closed in and regularly enveloped the banks of tlie insigniflcant water- 
course. The trees were covered at one and the same time with buds, bios- 
