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—The Canoe Recovered — An Appalling Vortex —The 
Fall of S. Simao—Cutting an Artificial Channel in the 
Rocks. 204 
CHAPTER XVI 
At Death’s Door—Mundurucu Indians—All Author’s Fol¬ 
lowers Poisoned by Wild Fruit — Anxious Moments — 
Seringueiros — A Dying Jewish Trader — The Mori 
Brothers—A New Hat—Where the Tres Barr as Meets 
the Arinos-Juruena — The Canoe Abandoned .... 216 
CHAPTER XVII 
A Fiscal Agency — Former Atrocities — The Apiacar In¬ 
dians— Plentiful Rubber—Unexploited Regions—Pre¬ 
cious Fossils Thrown Away by Author’s Followers — A 
Terrific Storm — Author’s Canoe Dashed to Pieces — 
The Mount S. Benedicto. 230 
CHAPTER XVIII 
Starting Across the Virgin Forest — Cutting the Way In¬ 
cessantly— A Rugged, Rocky Plateau—Author’s Men 
Throw Away the Supplies of Food—Attacked by Fever 
—Marching by Compass—Poisoned—Author’s Men Break 
Down — Author Proceeds Across Forest Endeavouring to 
Reach the Madeira River — A Dramatic Scene . . . 241 
CHAPTER XIX 
Benedicto and Filippe Show Courage — Confronted with 
a Mountainous Country—Steep Ravines — No Food— 
Painful Marches —- Starving — Ammunition Rendered 
Useless by Moisture—The “Pros” and “Cons” of Smok¬ 
ing — A Faint Hope — A Tin Which Should Have 
Contained Anchovies — Curious Effects of Starvation 
Upon the Brain—Where Money Is of No Avail—Why 
There Was Nothing to Eat in the Forest—The Sauba 
Ants — Sniffed by a Jaguar — Filippe Tries to Commit 
Suicide. 259 
