Iguana Flesh and Eggs are Appreciateij. 
rocks it l»iibbles out as a small stream to divide immediately into 
IUI mel ons cascades some of wliicli have a pei peiidicular drop of over 
1'2 feet. 
o'Si). The guns as well as the bows that were laid aside ever since the 
tapir hunt had to turn out on active service to-day. Two species of 
Itlossoiiiing tree-like lii(ja had drawn an immense quantity of insects 
around, and these had in turn attracted au unusual number of Iguanas 
{hjmina i lihcrciihitd . Laur.). At every stroke of the paddle, as Ave 
proceeded on, tliii'c or lonr of tlie» large creatures wonid fall from t!ie 
trees into the water, or else slipping from brandi to branch disappear 
as quick as thouglit into the lliick foliage of the tree-tops, a place of 
refuge which di<i imt protect them from the keen eyesight of the Indians 
or their i-eally accurately-shot arrows. All was now life and movement, 
f<tr it was a case of getting the pots for the day's meal crammed as mucli 
as ])ossibh' with sonic (»f the finest delicacies imaginable. Shooting with 
tin' gun was not so ]n-odnctive of gO(»d results as with the bow. because if 
once hit witli s)mt and not immediately killed, the animal would straight 
away drop into tlie Avaler and not lie seen again, a trick Avliich the 6 ft. 
long arrow prevented. Amongst the catch were to be found several that 
A\ ere from 5 to (i ft. long, and a foot'l in girth. In spite of its terrible 
ajtpearance, the flesh, as already stated, is one of the most delicate 
procurable: the eggs are similarly also very tasty. Tlu^se desirable 
qualities, as might be expected, are continually contributing to the ever 
increasing rarity of the animal in those areas where, as on the coast, botli 
Europeans, coloured people, and blacks associate themselves wdtli th(^ 
Indians in the progress of its destruction. 
381. After our butchery had driven all the four-footed occupants off 
the trees, and we had successfully made our w^ay over a few considerable 
ra])ids, cam]) was pitched and the spoil cnt up. In the crop of the 
'iruanas I found liu/fi leaves as well as insects, but there was more of the 
former. Xext morning liard work commenced afi'esh, for we had to 
nuinoeuvre a regular series of cataracts, among Avhich the Wovokoi- 
ifarari and Warara Sararu, on account of tlieii^ height and the raging 
current, robbed us of 'quite Imlf a day before w-e could haul the empty 
boat over them. Between the rocky barriers that crossed the river and 
for the most part consisted of felspar but of very little mica, or else of 
granite with felspar of two sorts and black mica, lay whole heaps of a 
red rounded-off kidney-shaped' jasper rubble. To while away the time 
during the hauling of the boat over the rocks «mu- Indians lired th^ 
savannah grass, ovei- which, on account of the abninlance of fuel, the 
mighty columns of smoke spread to a tremendous extent. Along the 
very banks of the river there stretched regular Hats of the beautiful 
legume-like Cassia ( Ghamaecrista ) ßlipen Benth., the iihsivmmg Pa voniu, 
aufpistifolia Benth. and the welcome AhutiJon Lucianum Sw'eet. 
332. Even during the next two days following, we could only 
make 8 miles over the almost uninterrupted series of cataracts, for 
hardly had we packed our boat again, than we had to un])ack it afresh. 
We had already on 29th September observed to the northward a small 
group of bare I'ocks : on 1st October these were within 2 miles of us, and 
