north-east.

The wind came up again, tossing the canoe about considerably. My men once
more became seasick owing to the rolling. The new paddles we had made
from fresh wood after our accident in the rapids did not prove much of a
success, the wood splitting badly. We had to keep the various pieces
together by tying them with string. I could not help laughing when I
looked at my men paddling. One paddle had a quadrangular blade; another
formed an elongated oval; a third had originally been circular but was
then reduced to the shape of a half-moon, the other half having been
washed away.

[Illustration: Lake formed where the Arinos and Juruena Rivers meet.]

[Illustration: Going through a Rapid.]

For 4,000 m. the river had flowed due west, then it turned to 310 deg.
b.m. Two large islands in succession--one 400 m. long and 350 m.
wide--Pericles Island; the second of an equal width to the first, and 700
m. long--Aspasia Island--were seen.

A high wind from the north-east and east continued the entire day, and
broke into occasional severe gusts that were most troublesome to us.
Heavy rain-clouds hung over our heads. My men felt cold and shivery and
quite miserable in the choppy waters, which made them extremely ill.
Their faces were green and yellow, their eyes had a pitiful expression in
them. They looked as if they were all being led to execution. The
temperature of the atmosphere was only 75 deg. F.

Shortly before sunset, after a beautiful stretch of river of 4,000 m. to
335 deg. b.m. (N.N.W.), followed by one of 4,000 m. 5 deg. farther to the north,
we came to an immense basin--a regular lake--4,000 m. long, 1,500 m.
wide, with two lovely islands in its northerly part. It was there that
the great River Juruena, coming from the south-west, joined the Arinos.
We had the greatest difficulty in crossing the big, deep lake, because of
the high wind which was blowing at the time. The waves were high and
caught us on one side; the rolling was so heavy that on many occasions we
shipped a great deal of water and nearly capsized. When we got into the
centre of the lake the wind increased in fury. My men were very ill and
much scared--for we had a great expanse of water on all sides and we
could not bale the water out of the canoe fast enough, so quickly was she
filling. I urged on the men all the time and took an extra paddle myself
to encourage them. We made slow progress, the men suffering greatly. I
had to wait for the