. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . A view of the Pacoval IslandAt the highest point of the island stands a tall tapereba tree.—(Page 310). Picking up pre-historic pottery on the Pacoval IslandThe beach is a foot deep with fragments which crunch under my feet.— (Page 313) AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MINE 309 footed animal can neither walk nor swim an alligator cannot move easily, while theonly warm-blooded animal that does not seem toget lost is the capybara. When I venture withmy weight upon one of these vege
. The lower Amazon; a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon . A view of the Pacoval IslandAt the highest point of the island stands a tall tapereba tree.—(Page 310). Picking up pre-historic pottery on the Pacoval IslandThe beach is a foot deep with fragments which crunch under my feet.— (Page 313) AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MINE 309 footed animal can neither walk nor swim an alligator cannot move easily, while theonly warm-blooded animal that does not seem toget lost is the capybara. When I venture withmy weight upon one of these vegetable crusts Ifeel immediately the yielding of the half-hardenedblanket and I realize the absolute impossibilityfor any human being to travel over such treacher-ous ground. Many jararacds live on them, and,fortunately for man and beast, they prefer to staythere. Alligators and boa constrictors, or sucuru-jus, live under this layer or crust in the many yardsof soft indescribable mud which really constitutea bottomless swamp. Enormous mondongosstretch from Arary Lake northward to the ill-famed mondongo belonging to the estate ofa Para Congressman measures about thirty-fivemiles in length and thirty miles i
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