CHAPTER VI

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THE PRIMEVAL FORESTS OF TROPICAL AMERICA.

Their peculiar Charms and Terrors--Disappointments and Difficulties of the Botanist--The Bush-ropes--Variety of Trees and Plants--Trees with Buttresses--Numberless parasites-- Character of the Primitive Forest according to its Site--Its Aspect during the Rainy Season--A Hurricane in the Forest-- Beauty of the Forest after the Rainy Season--Our Home Scenes equally beautiful--Bird Life on the rivers of Guiana--Morning Concert--Repose of Nature at Noon--Nocturnal Voices of the Forest 53

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