CONTENTS 
Volume Two 
CHAPTER I 
Page 
The River Arinos— -A Rickety Canoe — Mapping the River 
— The Siphonia Elastic a —Rubber and its Collection — 
An Enormously Rich Country — A German in Slavery . 
CHAPTER II 
Hoisting the British Flag — An Escaped Slave — A Dilemma 
— Benedict© — The Lutra Brasiliensis — The Serin- 
gueiros—A Marvellous River—Rapids ...... 
14 
CHAPTER III 
Dangerous Navigation—Eddies —Whirlpools— An Extra¬ 
ordinary Creature — The Man X —- Pedro de Toledo 
Island ■— An Interesting Rodent.. . 
28 
CHAPTER IV 
Oleo Pardo Trees — Beautiful Palms — The River Bottom 
— Swarms of Butterflies — Millions of Bees—A Con¬ 
tinuous Torture... 
44 
CHAPTER V 
Great Islands — The Trinchao Fish — A Fisherman’s 
Paradise — Alastar Island — Plentiful Rubber — The 
Civilized Man’s Idea of the Tropical Forest — The 
War-Cries of the Indians—Swarms of Bees and But¬ 
terflies .. 
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