AGE AMONG ROCKS 120
THE CANOE BEING LED DOWN A RAPID 124
CROCODILE ABOUT TO ATTACK ONE OF THE DOGS OF THE EXPEDITION.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR AT A DISTANCE OF THREE METRES
(RIO ARINOS-JURUENA) 128
TERRIFYING RAPID SHOT BY AUTHOR AND HIS MEN IN THEIR CANOE 132
AUTHOR'S MEN SHOOTING A CROCODILE 136
A CATARACT IN THE RIVER ARINOS 140
AUTHOR'S CANOE AMONG GREAT VOLCANIC ROCKS 140
PREPARING TO DESCEND A RAPID 144
A CATARACT IN THE ARINOS RIVER 144
LAKE FORMED WHERE THE ARINOS AND JURUENA RIVERS MEET 148
GOING THROUGH A RAPID 148
AUTHOR'S CANOE GOING DOWN A CATARACT 152
THE IMMENSE WAVES ENCOUNTERED BY AUTHOR IN EMERGING FROM THE CHANNEL,
IN THE RAPID OF THE INFERNO. (THE CANOE WITH ITS OCCUPANTS SHOT
UP VERTICALLY IN THE AIR) 156
A GIANT SUCURI SNAKE WITH ENTIRE DEER CONTAINED IN
ITS DIGESTIVE ORGANS 160
AN EASY RAPID 164
GOING THROUGH A NARROW CHANNEL 164
A DANGEROUS VORTEX 168
PREPARING THE CANOE TO GO DOWN A RAPID 168
A NARROW PASSAGE IN THE ARINOS RIVER 172
TREBLE VORTEX. (THE WATER REVOLVED IN THREE
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IN SUCCESSION) 172
AT THE AUGUST FALLS 176
AUTHOR AND HIS MEN IN WATER UP TO THEIR NECKS FOR AN ENTIRE NIGHT
ENDEAVOURING TO SAVE THEIR CANOE, WHICH IN SHOOTING A RAPID HAD
BECOME STUCK BETWEEN ROCKS _(Coloured Plate_) 178
THE SALTO AUGUSTO FROM ABOVE 192
THE UPPER TERRACE OF THE AUGUST WATERFALL 184
INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL FORMATION BELOW THE SALTO AUGUSTO 188
THE SALTO AUGUSTO (UPPER TERRACE) 192
FOLIATED ROCK BELOW THE AUGUST FALLS 196
THE WOODEN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTED BY AUTHOR IN ORDER TO TAKE THE CANOE
OVERLAND FOR TWO AND A HALF KILOMETRES AT THE AUGUST FALLS 200
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