CAKOE AND CAMP LIFE. 
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Hatliiiig ill the river, imiiiediately after meals, is a luxury iuvariahly 
iii(lulge<l ill by all the lucliaus; aucl 1 never remarked that it was 
attencleil by any evil eousoquenees to them. 
After a rest ot two hours’ duration, the cooking utensils, the ham- 
mocks, aud^ improN'ised tents, were carried on board again, and the 
\ oj age eontiuuetl. A second halt was made after rowing for two or three 
hours, when we came in sight of a good place for fishing, such as the 
mouth of some smaller river, or an extensive mud bank. Such places 
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were usually recognisahic finiii aliir, by the multitude of suoAv-whito 
herons, and of long caimans, which, finding it out before us, crowded 
there ill peaceful unity, aud with similar iiitcmtions. The vicinity of tlie 
scaly monsters i.s scarcely heedeil by the ludiaus, who fish and take their 
hath, laughing and jesting, tlimigh somewhat hugging the shore, just 
us if there weri' no such thing as the tail or the tooth of the jacai4 in 
the world ; mid, ludeed, these creatures are themselves iu much greater 
danger than the ved-skius. AVhon the last steak of alligator has been 
consmned, one of the Cauichamis is sure to ask leave to have some 
bin, and to jiroiide at the same lime for their next dinner. Of course 
