. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . Farewell to the Indians—the tribe as one man sets up a mighty roar, * Kerekete.* —(Page 259). Iraruna, the outpost of the Indians—we sight Iraruna and the good ship Florence proudly flying the Stars and Stripes. (Page 263) SUCCESS WITH THE CAMERA 261 eyes involuntarily thinking that we all are goingto pieces; but we turn almost at right angles tooiir course and, following the main body of water,rush past the rocks in safety. Still we drop andtwist out and in between the bould
. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . Farewell to the Indians—the tribe as one man sets up a mighty roar, * Kerekete.* —(Page 259). Iraruna, the outpost of the Indians—we sight Iraruna and the good ship Florence proudly flying the Stars and Stripes. (Page 263) SUCCESS WITH THE CAMERA 261 eyes involuntarily thinking that we all are goingto pieces; but we turn almost at right angles tooiir course and, following the main body of water,rush past the rocks in safety. Still we drop andtwist out and in between the boulders at a speedand with a violence only found on the so-calledscenic railways of our American amusementparks. How glorious it is to shoot a rapid when onefeels that there is no absolute danger of beingcrushed as long as every muscle and nerve arealert! It is an exhilarating sport, to my mindequalled by none. Perhaps the sensations offlying are similar, but I cannot imagine that theyare more exciting, than those of shooting a swiftAmazonian rapid. When we come to the foot of the rapid we turnaround and encourage the two bucks who arebusily occupied paddling and piloting the othercanoe between the rocks so
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