CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER XI 
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A Family of Ariranhas — Attacked by Them — Three 
Nasty Rapids—Beautiful Sand Beaches ~ Exciting Ex¬ 
periences—Going Down aThundering Cataract—Alcides’ 
Narrow Escape — A Night’s Work in the Midst of a 
Foaming Rapid in Order to Rescue the Half-Submerged 
Canoe — Filippe’s Courage—Visited by a Snake Twenty 
Feet Long. 143 
CHAPTER XII 
A Tiny Globular Cloudlet Warning Us —Tossed in a Mer¬ 
ciless Manner — Saved by Providence—Vicious Waters 
— A Diabolical Spot—A Highly Dangerous Crossing — 
A Terrible Channel—More Bad Rapids— On the Verge 
of a Fatal Drop Down a Waterfall—Saved in Time — 
A Magnificent Sight—The August Falls—A Mutiny— 
The Canoe, Weighing 2,000 Pounds, Taken Across the 
Forest Over a Hill Range.158 
CHAPTER XIII 
A Double Whirlpool —Incessant Rapids of Great Magni¬ 
tude — A Dangerous Channel — Nothing to Eat — An¬ 
other Disaster... 180 
CHAPTER XIV 
In the Hands of Providence — A Mutiny — Another Mu¬ 
tiny— Foodless—Hard and Dangerous Work— A Near 
Approach to Hades — Making an Artificial Channel 
Among Thousands of Boulders—An Awe-Inspiring Scene 
— The Fall of S. Simao— A Revolt. .191 
CHAPTER XV 
Mutiny and Threats—-Wasted Efforts—Awful Waters— 
The Canoe Escapes in a Violent Rapid — Another Mutiny 
