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TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON. 
\_July, 
there is only one wave, not a succession of them ; for, 
when the first wave has passed, the water has risen so 
much that the stream now fiows clear over the shoal, 
and is therefore not affected by it. 
On arriving at Para I again took up my abode at 
Nazare. I had found in this voyage that my canoe was 
far too unsteady and confined to think of going up the 
Amazon in it, so I returned it to the owner, who had 
warranted it steady and adapted for my purpose, but, 
after much trouble and annoyance, I was obliged to lose 
the £10 1 had given in part payment. In the beginning 
of July, my ydunger brother H. came out to Para to 
assist me ; and by the return of the vessel in which he 
arrived, I sent off my collections of fish and insects up 
to this time. 
We had the good fortune one day to fall in with a 
smaU flock of the rare and curious bell-bird [CasmarJiyn- 
cJios carunculata), but they were on a very thick lofty 
tree, and took flight before we could get a shot at them. 
Though it was about four miles off in the forest, we went 
again the next day, and found them feeding on the same 
tree, but had no better success. On the third day we ; 
went to the same spot, but from that time saw them no 
more. The bird is of a pure white colour, the size of a | 
blackbird, has a broad bill, and feeds on fruits. From | 
the base of the bill above, grows a fleshy tubercle, twO|||.. 
to three inches long, and as thick as a quill, sparingly ||| 
clothed with minute feathers : it is quite lax, and hangs T i: 
down on one side of the bird’s head, not stuck up like a® 
horn, as we see it placed in some stuffed specimens ■jjKi 
This bird is remarkable for its loud clear ringing note/^^ 
