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Sea-Cows and Turtles' Eggs.--The Forest.--Peccaries.--Indian Tribes on the Lower Napo.--Anacondas and Howling Monkeys.--Insect Pests.--Battle with Ants.--Barometric Anomaly.--First View of the Amazon.--Pebas......215

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Down the Amazon.--Steam on the Great River.--Loreto.--San Antonio.--Tabatinga. --Brazilian Steamers.--Scenery on the Amazon.--Tocantíns.--Fonte Boa.--Ega.--Rio Negro.--Manáos......230

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