A thousand miles in a dug-out; being the narrative of a journey of investigation among the red-skin Indians of Central Brazil . l is excitement: theman at the stern awakes and his paddle flashesthrough the water, and the lad redoubles his effortswith the pole until the uba fairly flies through thew^ater, with her long nose high in the air, until withina short distance of the quarry. Then the lad dropshis pole, snatching up his bow and arrow, rapidlyglancing along the latter to see if it needs astraightening twist ere fitting it to his bow, thenstanding on the nose of the uba he keenly watchest
A thousand miles in a dug-out; being the narrative of a journey of investigation among the red-skin Indians of Central Brazil . l is excitement: theman at the stern awakes and his paddle flashesthrough the water, and the lad redoubles his effortswith the pole until the uba fairly flies through thew^ater, with her long nose high in the air, until withina short distance of the quarry. Then the lad dropshis pole, snatching up his bow and arrow, rapidlyglancing along the latter to see if it needs astraightening twist ere fitting it to his bow, thenstanding on the nose of the uba he keenly watchesthe water around him, motionless but alert. Sud-denly he spots a fish at hand, though perhapsseveral feet below the surface. Up goes his bow,with the cord stretched right back to his face, whilethe point of his arrow accompanies for someseconds the movements of the fish beneath thewater. At a favourable moment he lets fly, andthen there are a few seconds of suspense ere thearrow comes floating inertly to the surface, or ifsuccessful, its feather end only appears, violentlyagitated for some unseen reason. When this is the60. Indian Bov on Turtle.
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