seback some 2,000 kil. from the last railway
station, of which about 600 kil. were over absolutely unknown country.
Rough as the travelling had been, it was mere child's play compared with
the experiences we had to endure from that day on.

[Illustration: Map showing Author's Route.]

[Illustration: Map showing the Arinos and Arinos-Juruena Rivers.]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: A litre is a cube the sides of which are 3-7/8 in.]

END OF VOL. I

_Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd., London and Aylesbury._

[Illustration: The Mouth of the Putamayo River.]

ACROSS UNKNOWN
SOUTH AMERICA

BY

A. HENRY SAVAGE-LANDOR

WITH 2 MAPS, 8 COLOURED PLATES, AND 260 ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR

_IN TWO VOLUMES_

VOL. II

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

_Printed in 1913_

_Copyright in the United States of America
by A. Henry Savage-Landor_

CONTENTS

VOL. II

CHAPTER I
The River Arinos--A Rickety Canoe--Mapping the River--The
_Siphonia Elastica_--Rubber and its Collection--An Enormously Rich
Country--A German in Slavery pp. 1-15

CHAPTER II
Hoisting the British Flag--An Escaped Slave--A Dilemma--Benedicto--The
_Lutra Brasiliensis_--The Seringueiros--A Marvellous
River--Rapids pp. 16-32

CHAPTER III
Dangerous Navigation--Eddies--Whirlpools--An Extraordinary Creature--The
Man X--Pedro de Toledo Island--An Interesting Rodent pp. 33-50

CHAPTER IV
_Oleo Pardo_ Trees--Beautiful Palms--The River Bottom--Swarms of
Butterflies--Millions of Bees--A Continuous Torture pp. 51-61

CHAPTER V
Great Islands--The Trinchao Fish--A Fisherman's Paradise--Alastor
Island--Plentiful Rubber--The Civilized Man's Idea of the
Tropical Forest--The War-Cries of the Indians--Swarms of Bees and
Butterflies pp. 62-75

CHAPTER VI
The _Tapirus Americanus_--Striking Scenery--The _Mate_ Tree--Photography
in Camp--Brazilian Way of Reasoning--A New Christopher Columbus--The
Selection of our Camps--Beautiful Fruit--A Large Tributary pp. 76-91

CHAPTER VII
Ideal Islands--Immense _Figueira_ Trees--The "Spider Monkey"--Great
Variety of Fish in the Arinos--The Rocky Gateway into Diabolical
Waters--Shooting Dangerous Rapids--Cutting a Way through
the Forest--A Nasty Rapid--Plentiful Fish pp. 92-111

CHAPTER VIII
Magnificent Basins--Innumerable Rapids--Narrow Escapes--The Destructive
Sauba Ants--Disobedient Followers--A Range of Mountains--Inquisitive
Monkeys--Luck in Fi