Through five republics on horseback; being an account of many wanderings in South America . A GAINGWA INDIAN AND COTTON BANNER USED BY HIM I-V WOP-SHIPPING THE GCD OP THUNDEr>. 150 CHAPTER IX. EXPEDITION TO THE SUNWOR-SHIPrERS.* I TOOK passage on the Crano, a steamer of1,500 tons, for Concepoion, 200 miles north ofAsuncion. On the second day of our journey the people onboard celebrated a church feast, and the pilot, inhis anxiety to do it well, got helplessly result was that during that night I wasthrown out of the top berth 1 occupied by aterrific thud. The steamer had run on the
Through five republics on horseback; being an account of many wanderings in South America . A GAINGWA INDIAN AND COTTON BANNER USED BY HIM I-V WOP-SHIPPING THE GCD OP THUNDEr>. 150 CHAPTER IX. EXPEDITION TO THE SUNWOR-SHIPrERS.* I TOOK passage on the Crano, a steamer of1,500 tons, for Concepoion, 200 miles north ofAsuncion. On the second day of our journey the people onboard celebrated a church feast, and the pilot, inhis anxiety to do it well, got helplessly result was that during that night I wasthrown out of the top berth 1 occupied by aterrific thud. The steamer had run on the sand-bank of an uninhabited island, and there shestuck fast—immovable. We were landed on theshore, and there had further time for reflectionon the mutability of things. In the white sandthere were distinct footprints of a large jaguarand cub, probably come to prey on the lazy alli-gators that were lying on the beach; and I caughtsight of a large spotted serpent, which glidedinto the low jungle where the tiger also doubtlesswas in hiding. After three days detention here, a Brazilianpa
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