The Putumayo : the devil's paradise, travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians therein . s comfortably installed inan old bamboo hut known as the convent,where the priests from Mocoa generally stop whenthey come down to Guineo to preach to theIndians. We soon discovered our old railwayenemies, the raoscas or gnats, which made me feelquite at home. But a still worse misfortune wasrevealed to us when Perkins, who was preparingsome food for Materon and me, informed us thatall the bread was spoiled, having probably gotwet on the Paramo of Bor
The Putumayo : the devil's paradise, travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians therein . s comfortably installed inan old bamboo hut known as the convent,where the priests from Mocoa generally stop whenthey come down to Guineo to preach to theIndians. We soon discovered our old railwayenemies, the raoscas or gnats, which made me feelquite at home. But a still worse misfortune wasrevealed to us when Perkins, who was preparingsome food for Materon and me, informed us thatall the bread was spoiled, having probably gotwet on the Paramo of Bordoncillo. We bracedup considerably, however, when he dished us outa hearty meal of fried yuca^ plantains, sausage,and panela^ and after a couple of hours rest feltquite restored. We then went out, and, through an Indian towhom I delivered a letter Ochoa had supplied mewith, ordering the transfer of the canoe to me, hada look at our vessel. We found it to be a goodriver-going craft, about nine metres long andsomething over one metre wide, and in a toler-able state of preservation, being made of cedar,which is the best wood for the TROPICAL VEGETATIOX ON THE AFFLUENTS OF THE PERUVLAN AMAZON. [To face p. -6. HARDENRURGS NARRATIVE 77 These canoes or pituches, which, as a rule,measure from six to ten metres in length, are madefrom a single log of wood, hollowed out by theadze, or, as with some Indians, by fire. Cedar *is the favourite wood, for it is light, easily worked,and very durable. When this cannot be obtained,however, various other kinds of trees are employed,such as caoba or aguano^-f palo-rosa or lauro-rosa^Xpalo-maria^% catagiia or assacii^W and itauba.^ Butnone of these woods are equal to cedar, for eitherthey do not resist the action of the water so well,or else are so heavy that they make the canoecumbersome and dangerous to navigation. We next bought a couple of paddles from theIndians, and our naval equipment was then com-plete. The paddles in use in this r
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