CHAPTER VII 
Ideal Islands — Immense Fioueiba Trees— The Spider Monkey — 
Great Variety op Fish in the Arinos — The Rocky Gateway into 
Diabolical Waters — Shooting Dangerous Rapids — Cutting a 
Way through the Forest — A Nasty Rapid — Plentiful Fish 
f |"^ HE night of July sixteenth was heavy, the ther- 
j j mometer registering a minimum temperature of 
62° Fahrenheit. We had great fun fishing during 
the early hours of the night. In the morning we had 
hundreds of pounds of fish spread upon the bank of the 
river, with many excellent specimens of the motimchun 
fish, so called, I believe, because of its noisy and rebellious 
habits. 
The sky was overladen with clouds, and the west 
showed radiations of light. We had gone 2,500 metres 
from our camp when we came to a tributary stream on the 
left side coming from the south. Four thousand four 
hundred metres farther on, a hill range, 120 feet high, with 
heavy forest upon it, encircled a sweeping curve on the 
left of us to the west and northwest. The cliff of this 
range, eroded by the river, showed rock of a vivid red right 
up to its highest point, laminated in perfectly horizontal 
layers, each 10 feet thick. Farther on a great basin 850 
metres wide and of great beauty had formed. 
Some 10 kilometres beyond a beautiful beach of white 
sand was noticeable on the left hank. We were always 
glad to see these beaches, as we frequently found on them 
quantities of tortoise eggs, most delicious to eat. 
Gabriella Island, 200 metres long, divided the river 
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