CONTENTS. 
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CHAPTER VIII. 
THE UPPER RIO NEGRO. 
Quit Barra for the Upper Rio Negro — Canoe and Cargo — Great width 
of tlie river — Carvoeiro and Barcellos — Granite rocks — Castaiiheiro — 
A polite old gentleman — Sao Joze — A new language — The cataracts — 
Sao Gabriel — Nossa Senhora da Guia — Senhor L. and his family — Visit 
to the river Cobati — An Indian village — The Serra — Cocks of the rock 
— Return to Guia — Frei Joze dos Santos Innocentos .... 194 
CHAPTER IX. 
JAVITA. 
Leave Gina — Marabitanas — Serra de Cocoi — Enter Venezuela — Sao Carlos 
— Pass the Cassiquiare — Antonio Dias — Indian shipbuilders — Feather- 
work — Marda and Pimichm — A black Jaguar — Poisonous serpents — 
Fishing — Walk to Javita — Residence there — Indian road-makers — Lan- 
guage and customs — A description of Javita — Rmiaway Indians — Col- 
lections at Javita — Return'to Tdmo — A domestic broil — Marabitanas 
and its inhabitants — Reach Guia . . . . . . .231 
CHAPTER X. 
FIRST ASCENT OF THE RIVER UAUPES. 
Rapid Current — An Indian Malocca — The Inmates — A Festival — Paint 
and ornaments — lUness — Sao Jeronymo — Passing the Cataracts — Jau- 
arite — The Tushaua Cahstro — Singular Palm — Bh’ds — Cheap provisions 
— Edible Ants, and Earthworms — A grand dance-— Feather ornaments 
— The snake-dance — The Capi — A State cigar — Ananarapicdma — Fish 
— Chegoes — Pass down the Falls — Tame Bu’ds — Orchids — Piums — 
Eating dirt — Poisoning — Return to Guia — Manoel J oaquim — Annoying 
delays ............ 273 
CHAPTER XL 
ON THE RIO NEGRO. 
Difficulties of starting — Descending the Falls — Catching an Alligator — 
Tame Parrots — A fortnight in Barra — ^Frei Joze’s diplomacy — Pickling 
a Cow-fish — A river storm — Brazilian veracity — Wanawaca — Produc- 
tiveness of the country — A large Snake — Sao Gabriel — Sao J oaquun — 
Fever and Ague . . . . • • • • » • • 316 
