74 
TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON. 
[September, 
turn to the canoe, which we reached about noon, having 
staid an hour to explore the igaripe for gold, but with- 
out the smallest success. At the canoe we found that 
Isidora had some turtle stew ready, to which we did 
ample justice, and, finding the man we had left with him 
very ill, went on immediately to Jucahipuah, where he 
could have some ‘^remedies” given him by the women. 
We found there a canoe going to Baiao, and sent him 
by it, as he would thus get home sooner than if he re- 
mained with us. 
While walking on the beach I saw a tall, narrow- 
leaved, white-flowered Folygonmn, so like some of our 
British species as to call up thoughts of home and of my 
botanical rambles there. Many curious land-shells were 
found, but all dead and bleached, and though we searched 
repeatedly we could find no living specimens. The 
feathers of the blue macaw were lying about the ground 
where the people had been feasting off their flesh, but 
we could not succeed in obtaining any specimens. 
Every night, while in the upper part of the river, we 
had a concert of frogs, which made most extraordinary 
noises. There are three kinds, which can frequently be 
all heard at once. One of these makes a noise some- 
thing like what one would expect a frog to make, 
namely a dismal croak, but the sounds uttered by the 
others were like no animal noise that I ever heard be- 
fore. A distant railway-train approaching, and a black- 
smith hammering on his anvil, are what they exactly 
resemble. They are such true imitations, that when 
lying half- dozing in the canoe I have often fancied my- 
self at home, hearing the familiar sounds of the ap- 
