THE AMAZON AND MADEIRA RR’ERS. 
.shore!, wo .saw the whole tribe, about .sixty Avarrioi's and as many women 
and oliildren, Avaiting for ns Aiiidev the shady roof of orchid -ooA'orod 
figueira.s, inter.sptu'sed AA'ith slender palms and magnifiejcut fanlike' 
strclitzias. In the first re)AV stood the chieftain, a strongly-built, she»rt 
man of abe)ut fifty, shoidderiug his long hoAA' and tAvo or threa* arreiAA's. 
Ilis broad face, frameel within thick masses of lank bhick hail', AA'as 
jiainted black near the large me>utli ; eind his appearance altogether 
POHTIiAlT OF A TOATNG CAHmUNA INniAJJ, 
could be called anything but lovely. Besides the 
and the graceful tiinkets in ears and nose, he 
diadem of yelloAV and red toucan feathers; and 
that he wore it Avith the dignity of a king. 
He seemed to be inclined graciously toAvards 
sequence of the report of his ambassador, who in 
had arriA’ed a little before ns: and with a maies 
