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The Indian is Puzzled by a Compass. 
on the lowland bordering on the two houses, wliere the Watuwau, that 
we had crossed as a raging current, now wended its course as an insigni- 
ficant stream) some few yards wide. The source of tlie Watuwau is to 
be found 6 miles further south. AYe had hardly completed fixing up our 
quarters before tlie inhabitants of the next settlement came up 
with their chief in the lead, to i^e the Paranaghieri of whose advent they 
had already been advised in the m,orning by a Wapisiana from Tuarutu 
who had not begrudged himself a two-days' march to give his friends 
the important news. The two dignitaries, our stoical TumarTuma and the 
ruler just arrived, formed the greatest contrast possible in body and 
temperament, for which reason we heartily welcomed the latter, terri})le 
as his withered dried-up naked one-eyed figure appeared, and paid him 
every imaginable attention. He kindly offered to bring us as much 
cassava bread as we wan1x?d by tlie early morning, and also to accompany 
us to the sources of the Takutu which he had visited only a sliort while 
before. So far as could be judged fronx outward appearances the 
courtesy which we showed the good-natured one-eyed chap did not in the 
slightest degree arouse the envy of tlie comfortable well-nourislied 
sluggard: as he received us, so he treated us during the wliole day, 
coldly and contemptuonslv. P.nt when next morning the neiglibouring 
Indians, Vi^ho had arrived laden with food -provisions for which they 
had been richly rewarded, hurried up to tlie village, with the greatest 
glee and truly childish triuni](h, to show their presents and things, 
Tuma-Tuma's coldness and apathy came to an end — for to onr great 
surprise we suddenly saw him coni?ng down the rise with several of his 
Indians and women toward^s onr cninp and enter our tent, where he 
regarded eveiw ol)ject that met his gaze, Avith the most strained 
attention. A conipnpp «ooniod especially to prove a puzzler, and excited 
his whole curiosity. "U'lieu he finally satisfied himself that eveiw effort 
to give the needle another direction was fruitless, he put it back in its 
T»lnce with a shake of the head, looked upon ns wonderingly, nnd from' 
now on proved to l>e tlie miost agreeable goodftempered fellow that one 
could possibly wish for. Iiis abominable behaviour seemed to have been 
less due to his own natural character than to the hitherto continually 
cherished distrust of our real intontions. 
161. Previous attacks of fever as well as a fresh and a severer one 
had so exhausted me that on the following morning I was prevented 
accompanying the party to the sources of the Takutu ; a similar lot befell 
Hendrick, whose twisted foot was sO' swollen that he could not leave his 
hammock at all and was accordingly obliged to keep mle company. 
162. On the 5th May, the i-eiii'ainder took their departure in company 
with the one-eyed chieftain, and it was left to us to wliile away the 
time until they returned as best we could. This I found fairly easy 
with the curious and wild ca]iers of a young tiger-cat which one of the 
Indians had caught some few days before, and had tied up with a string 
in one of the houses. Unfortunately the creature was still too young 
to allow of my distinguishing whether it was Fells pardalis or Prince von 
Neuwiedes Felis macronra. 
16.''.. From the number of jaguar and tigeiicat skins, but especially 
from the number of teeth which the women as well as children wear 
