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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOL. II
THE MOUTH OF THE PUTAMAYO RIVER (_Coloured Plate_) _Frontispiece_
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RUBBER TREE SHOWING INCISIONS AND THE COLLAR AND TIN
CUP FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE LATEX 4
COAGULATING RUBBER INTO A BALL 4
BALLS OF RUBBER OUTSIDE A SERINGUEIRO'S HUT 8
METHOD OF PRESSING RUBBER INTO CAKES, THE ALUM PROCESS
OF COAGULATION BEING USED 8
THE UPPER ARINOS RIVER 12
THE ARINOS RIVER ABOVE THE RAPIDS 12
THE FIRST ROCKS IN THE ARINOS RIVER 20
ENORMOUS GLOBULAR ROCKS TYPICAL OF THE ARINOS RIVER 20
A ROCKY BARRIER IN THE RIVER 24
A PICTURESQUE DOUBLE WATERFALL ON THE ARINOS RIVER 24
AN ISLAND OF THE ARINOS RIVER 28
VEGETATION ON AN ISLAND IN THE RIVER ARINOS 28
PREPARING THE CANOE TO DESCEND A RAPID 36
A CATARACT ON THE ARINOS RIVER 36
A RAPID ON THE ARINOS RIVER 44
TAKING THE CANOE THROUGH A NARROW CHANNEL 44
A FORMIDABLE VORTEX 64
GOING DOWN A VIOLENT RAPID IN A NARROW CHANNEL 64
THE RESULT OF HALF AN HOUR'S FISHING ON THE ARINOS-JURUENA 84
LEADING THE CANOE DOWN A RAPID BY ROPE 92
CHARACTERISTIC ROCKY BARRIER ACROSS THE ARINOS RIVER
(AUTHOR'S SEXTANT IN FOREGROUND) 92
WHIRLPOOL AT END OF RAPID 100
IN SHALLOW WATER 100
FISHING ON THE ARINOS: A JAHU 104
FISH OF THE ARINOS RIVER 104
A FINE CATARACT ON THE ARINOS-JURUENA RIVER 108
PREPARING THE CANOE PRIOR TO DESCENDING A RAPID 112
A NASTY RAPID 112
A GIANT CENTRAL WAVE EMERGING FROM A NARROW CHANNEL 116
A DANGEROUS RAPID 120
TAKING THE CANOE AND PART OF THE BAGGAGE DOWN A
NARROW PASS
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