302 TRAVELS ON THE RIO NEGRO. \June, 
unintelligible languages, for about two hours. It is ne- 
cessary to make this exposition in every village, as they 
will bring nothing to sell unless they first know that you 
have what they want in exchange. 
Two days after the dance we bade adieu to Jauarite, 
and by midday reached Jukeira, where we had deter- 
mined to spend another week. There was no regular 
house here for the accommodation of travellers, so we 
had to take possession of an unoccupied shed, which the 
Tushaua had prepared for us, and where we soon found 
we were exposed to a pest abundant in all Indians’ 
houses, the ‘‘bichos do pe,” or chegoes. Nor was this 
all, for the blood-sucking bats were abundant, and the 
very first night bit Senhor L., as well as his little boy, 
who in the morning presented a ghastly sight, both 
legs being thickly smeared and blotched with blood. 
There was only one bite on the toe, but the blood flows 
plentifully, and as the boy was very restless at night, 
he had managed to produce the sanguinary efiect I have 
mentioned. Several of the Indians were also bitten,^ 
but I escaped by always wrapping my feet well in my 
blanket. 
The paths in the forest here were not so good as those 
at Jauarite, and produced me very few insects ; the In- 
dians, however, were rather better in bringing me birds 
and fish. I obtained some very pretty little tanagers, 
and several new fish. In one lot of small fish brought 
to me in a calabash were seven different species, five of 
which were quite new to me. A species of Chalceus, 
called Jatuarana, was abundant here, and most delicious 
eating, almost, if not quite, equal to the Waracu ; but 
