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shores of the Pacific ; these latter, by 
reason of the dry climate apparently, 
containing extraordinarily well-preserved 
corpses. 
lOABAP^ DO EsPIBITO SaHTO, OB, DO COEBEIO, 
AT ManIoS. 
The proud fan-palms on the shores 
belong to the family of the mority, or 
Mauritius palm, while the dense row of 
plants close to the water’s edge (the aninga) 
much resembles our calla, and belongs to 
the colocBsia). 
The Ceaft on the Amazon, Rio Neoeo, 
AND Madeiba. 
A coberta, batelao, igarites, and mon- 
tarias in the port of Manaos. The large 
palm-loaves forming the roof of the im- 
provised kitchen are of the uauassii, an 
attalea. The shore shows a bank of the 
pedra-canga, the ferruginous, easily-crum- 
bling sandstone of the Amazon Basin. 
House op a Rich Sebinchjeieo. 
In the middle the palm-leaf-covered 
house ; in the foreground, to the right, 
a group of the banana da terra (pacova), 
or indigenous plantain, a large bundle of 
whose yellow fruit an Indian is taking 
to the kitchen. 
TuBTLE -HUNTING ON THE MaDEIKA. 
The Sarabaca ; the Poison used fob it. 
Vignette : Habpoon, with Fishing-net 
AND Reeds. 
CHAPTER II. 
Initiai.: Trunk with Orchids, Bromelde, 
AND FeBNS. 
The Thbotonio Fall op the IMadstea. 
Owing to the considerable width of the 
river (700 metres) the principal fall (of. 
11 metres) appears less high than it really 
is. However, the mighty waves, the daz- 
zling foam, the black boulders appearing 
now and again, and the primitive wildness 
of tho .shores, which are partly covered 
with high forest and partly washed by the 
floods np to the bare rocks, combine to 
give it q^uite an imposing aspect. 
One op the smaller Rapids op the 
Caldeieao do Inferno. 
To avoid the great break in the main 
channel, the partly-unladen boats have to 
pass, close to the islands near the shore, 
through one of the side ones, which offers 
the comparative advantage of the slope 
being extended over a greater length. 
Fan-leaf op a Palm. 
An exceedingly graceful palm, 12 to 15 
metres high, with a smooth stem. We saw 
it only in the region of the rapids. 
The Rapid of Ribeib.ao, seen prom above. 
One of the most interesting points in 
the -whole Valley. A rocky reef, wildly 
torn and broken by narrow foaming chan- 
nels, stretches across the whole width of 
tho river, which is 2,000 metres. Its 
highest points, unwashed by the floods, 
are crowned by dense groves, topped with 
slender palms waving to and fro in the 
gale. 
Carved Figures on the Rocks of the 
Madeira. 
Though perplexing enigmas to us, per- 
haps for ever, they will be of interest as 
evidencing tho degree of civilisation pos- 
sessed by the ancient inhabitants of these 
regions. 
Grodnd-pl.an of the former Mission op 
Exaltacion. 
Vignette : Indian Utensils. 
An elegantly shaped pot, a few eala- 
