. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . The river laxinch Rio Moju We finally arrive at an island in the Tocantins, called Xininga.—(Page 94). A chapel in ruins overlooking the banks of the Tocantins.—(Page 95) ONWARD BY CANOE 95 pay. (In 1910 on the Javary River, when I had anordinary steamer trunk moved along a road forabout one hundred yards, I had to pay ten milreis,or about three dollars for ten minutes work, butthat was when rubber was at three dollars a pound.)Xininga island is well populated; and mustonce h
. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . The river laxinch Rio Moju We finally arrive at an island in the Tocantins, called Xininga.—(Page 94). A chapel in ruins overlooking the banks of the Tocantins.—(Page 95) ONWARD BY CANOE 95 pay. (In 1910 on the Javary River, when I had anordinary steamer trunk moved along a road forabout one hundred yards, I had to pay ten milreis,or about three dollars for ten minutes work, butthat was when rubber was at three dollars a pound.)Xininga island is well populated; and mustonce have been a centre of considerable brick walls still remain among the forest trees,and a chapel in ruins overlooks the banks. I walkfrom hut to hut and I am not much impressed bythe agricultural development of the place. Withthe exception of one establishment I see no sign ofany paying cultivation. The owner of this oneshow^s an ambition far above his colleagues on theisland. An acre had been cleared out of the jungleand here he had planted tobacco at the end of thewet season. When November arrives the upperand finer leaves will be stripped and htmg up todry, and afterwards they will be rolled into lo
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