ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA 
for their convenience every few moments when they were 
badly indisposed. 
We tossed about for the best part of two hours, until 
at last we reached the opposite side of the lake. In a 
hurry to land, Alcides threw the canoe over some rocks 
on which the water was breaking with fury. However, 
the water was shallow at that point. We jumped out, 
and eventually, trembling with cold, we beached the canoe 
on a most beautiful island, where we made our camp for 
the night. 
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