. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . tides, whose effect as far up the riveras this is but slightly felt. The water backs upduring the high tide but has not the force of thetide farther down, consequently the annual rise ofall the Amazon affluents is here more keenly ladders have to be built in order to connectthe houses with low water. Late in the evening we arrive at a homesteadcalled Bemtevi, owned by a young and enterprisingBrazilian who has commenced clearing the junglefor future agricultural deve
. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . tides, whose effect as far up the riveras this is but slightly felt. The water backs upduring the high tide but has not the force of thetide farther down, consequently the annual rise ofall the Amazon affluents is here more keenly ladders have to be built in order to connectthe houses with low water. Late in the evening we arrive at a homesteadcalled Bemtevi, owned by a young and enterprisingBrazilian who has commenced clearing the junglefor future agricultural development. The captainof the Rio Moju, finding that there is no cargo to beobtained farther up, decides to turn downstreamwithout delay, and we set to work taking our goodsout of the hold to transfer to the Florence for thedash into the wilderness. Before leaving, the cap-tain gives me some mail to deliver up the river, andten minutes afterwards we are moored to therickety landing-stage and our bond w^ th civilizationis broken by the launchs shrill departing stop here to have a talk with the owner, who in-. An abandoned hut on the Upper Moju River.—(Page 187)
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