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TUB AMAZON AXB MADEIRA lUYElW. 
iiii almost Irausijureiit, tliiii Httl(> fisli, of less tlirm a tiogor’s ImigfJi, 
wliioh pcnotratos with opl-lihe nimblonoss iiiDi tlie orifloos of flic bathers 
and causes many ftital suxiidcuts, aecorcliug to the reports of the riyorines. 
So much for tlie scaly inhabitants of this iinnienso \vat('r-net. 1 trust 
I have sueeoeded in giving an idea of the ineredibU' variet}'- of their 
forms, which surpass the analogous ones of our n'vei’S b(dh in beauty and 
in nund)er, even as these gigantic streams surpass our noblest rivers in 
size. 
As lor huuting, it is folloyaal mueli less by the hull-civilised mestizo 
popidation of the Aiuiizon basin, although its endless forests are full of 
HEAD oif HWl.M.VIKO TAPm, I'CIISITEB BY BOGS. 
game, than it is iu that of the La Plata, in (he neighbouring province of 
Mato Ch’osso. 
The noblest and most generally pursued game is the anta (tapir), 
that nipre.sontativo of (he pachydenns in the Now World, which, in tlie 
(did, is found at only a few places iu Indite It flourishes in extraordinary 
numbers, yet docs not lutrd together iu troops, on the densely wmoded 
shores of tdl the balmtaries of the Atnazou iind La Platii. All the miiTOAv 
gorges and moist ravines, chid with rich vegetation, and (ho fore.sts on the 
shores of murmuring rivulets, and netir the roaring eataracts of large 
