miles down. The recent rains have raised the water and we 
- have to strip and wade and repack the whole outfit in crossing 
_ the stream up the meadows. But here are the two Indians with 
fat 
_ the packs and the others are near and we must get aboard. 
Over at the right across the shallow water are hundreds of 
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_white water birds, but here is Armour leading the pack. I 
must, therefore, be off. The sun shines; it is fine,and the 
wind blows gently. The benks are perfectly flat and soft 
fe 
and the horses are ridden out to the large canoe and the 
‘Indians carry the packs. The lagoon is uninteresting, bor- 
3 dered everywhere by tropical forest. I rode down through------- 
end got in position in the water on my pory to photograph 
_ the embarkation. Made three exposures. One of the Indians 
- thinking I was holding the ae for someone to come and get 
tt insisted on standing in fromt with his hands up, but the 
Bers finally called him off and at last I got the ae of the shoving 
off. Then we said goodbye and got off into the boat and moved 
