A thousand miles in a dug-out; being the narrative of a journey of investigation among the red-skin Indians of Central Brazil . when occasiondemanded, and urge him on to my hearts content,certain that he would not take offence, because hedidnt hear a word! I had no one to converse withbut O-di-di and the boy; the latter was not verybright, and 0-di-dis knowledge of Portuguese was aslimited as my own knowledge of the Caraja tongue, butperhaps this only enabled me the better to devote myattention to the beautiful sights and sounds around me. The birds of the Araguaya are astonishing intheir numb
A thousand miles in a dug-out; being the narrative of a journey of investigation among the red-skin Indians of Central Brazil . when occasiondemanded, and urge him on to my hearts content,certain that he would not take offence, because hedidnt hear a word! I had no one to converse withbut O-di-di and the boy; the latter was not verybright, and 0-di-dis knowledge of Portuguese was aslimited as my own knowledge of the Caraja tongue, butperhaps this only enabled me the better to devote myattention to the beautiful sights and sounds around me. The birds of the Araguaya are astonishing intheir number and variety. There are many kinds oflarge birds, 3 or 4 feet high, such as the big, white jabirii (kind of stork), which, with his ungainly blackbill and pouch, likes to stand balanced on one leg, in linewith his companions ranged in a long row, like soldierson parade. The graceful bahari, (goshawk) with itslong, slender legs and blue and white wings, followsthe rivers course for great distances; and there areother large crane-like birds, of a vivid pink colour allover, which generally travel in pairs. These are but 12. IN A DUG-OUT. a few of the many varieties of large birds, the smallerones being innumerable : parrots, macaws, hummingbirds, and in the early morning long lines of ducks ofall colours and kinds streak the sky in all the exception of these latter, very few of thelarge birds are fit for food, though there are some, likethe motiim and jacil, which are as large andpalatable as a turkey. Crocodiles are numerous, and at intervals wesaw these repulsive and cruel reptiles slide down intothe river from a sandbank, when disturbed by thesplash of our paddles. On the second night wehauled our canoe on the edge of a sandbank aquarter of a mile wide, to the discomfort of one ofthese reptiles, which evidently made that its nightquarters also. We had covered fifty miles that day. The next morning we were up and away eredaybreak, and the first rays of the risi
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