ringalet meets a
Friend.--The Cougar, or American Lion.--A
Stream.--Our "Palm-tree Villa."--Turtles'
Eggs.--The Tantalus.--Herons and Flamingoes. 400

CHAPTER XXVIII.

A Grove of Logwood trees.--Ants at their
Work.--Parasitic Insects.--The Great
Ant-eater.--Spoonbills and Herons.--Lost in the
Forest. 415

CHAPTER XXIX.

A nocturnal Visitor.--The Fall of a Tree.--A
fearful Night.--The Monkeys.--Master Job.--All
right at last. 428

CHAPTER XXX.

We build a Raft.--The Horned Serpent.--Good-bye to
"Palm-tree Villa."--Mosquitoes and
Horse-flies.--The Rattlesnake.--An Ocelot. 438

CHAPTER XXXI.

The Hunters hunted.--Escape from Peccaries.--A
Jaguar-hunt.--An Ibis.--The Caymans.--The Wild
Bulls. 446

CHAPTER XXXII.

The King of the Vultures.--The Ticks.--L'Encuerado
frightened by a Demon.--The Tapirs.--Good-bye to
the Stream.--The Puma's Prey.--A miserable
Night.--Our Departure.--The Savannah.--Lucien
carried in a Litter.--Hunger and Thirst.--We
abandon our Baggage and Pets in Despair. 464

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Thirst.--L'Encuerado's Return.--The Description of
his Journey.--Janet, Verdet, and
Rougette.--Hunting wild Horses.--Our last
Adventure.--The Return. 483

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FRONTISPIECE.

We were just then passing through a plantation PAGE 28

At last, lagging a little, our party reached the
foot of the mountains 44

The basket and its bearer chased one another down the hill 50

Almost immediately the foliage was pushed aside 56

On hearing the uproar two Indian women came running towards
us 65

Behind us opened a dark, narrow ravine, with perpendicular
sides 74

We now entered one of those glades 82

It was really a capital dinner 101

The dog began to howl desperately 114

A flock of vultures attracted our attention