CHAPTER VIII.

Tapir Camp—A Picturesque Retreat—Wild Life—Palm Wine—Queen of the Forest—Pine Ridges—Parrots and Paroquets—A Fright—“Only a Dante”—Trapping the Tapir—Successful Result—Narrow Escape—“An Army with Banners”—Honey-bees—Communion with Nature—Once more on the Lagoons 162