CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER XX 
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Benedict© and the Honey — Constantly Collapsing from 
Exhaustion — A Strange Accident — Finding a River— 
People’s Mistaken Ideas-—Sixteen Days of Starvation — 
An Abandoned Hut—Repairing a Broken-down Canoe — 
Canoe Founders— A Raft Constructed of Glass . . . 278 
CHAPTER XXI 
The Launching of the Glass Raft—Accidents—-The Raft 
Sinking'—Saved—Our First Solid Meal — Its Conse¬ 
quences—The Canuma and Secundury Rivers— Marching 
Back Across the Forest to the Relief of the Men Left 
Behind — A Strange Mishap— A Curious Case of Telep¬ 
athy .... 293 
CHAPTER XXII 
Baggage Saved — The Journey Down the Tapajoz River — 
Colonel Brazil—Wrecked — From Itaituba to the Ama¬ 
zon —- Benedicto and the Man X Are Discharged . . . 315 
CHAPTER XXIII 
Santarem to Belem (Para)—The Amazon—From Belem to 
Manaos—The Madeira-Mamori Railway. 333 
CHAPTER XXIV 
Attacked by Beri-Beri— A Journey up the Madeira River 
to the Relief of Filippe, the Negro, and Recovery of 
Valuable Baggage Left With Him—Filippe Paid Off— 
A Journey up the River Solimoes — Iquitos. 349 
CHAPTER XXV 
From Iquitos to the Foot of the Andes up the Rivers Ucay- 
alli, Pachitea, and Pichis—The Cashibo or “Vampire 
Indians .361 
