Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31

1t certainly does not improve the taste ,
.e cheese.
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g Ernest Morris, the boy nltnrail"' VIII
IS Is exploring the Amazon country, has bee
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Il ~ =" Z" .,iiie interesting i'9'''T'9
q '"' country ih" people:
: MONKEY DIET.
Il M hammock which is beth bed an,
chair. SWINE; from two per, in the walls
c and with the execution of Il rude table
$ cuntrived bv placing nv bird-skinnini
Il board across the ton of n barrel, and Whicl
T serves both rs VT.itine-deak and dinner
= table my housa contains no other furni
L tlre In front of the hut is the fire. ol
e which in aD old iron pot. companion q
nv two wears wandcrings, is simmerin;
Il nv evening mcal-a Title monkey. Sine
, NV return from the United States | hay,
b grown. | fear, quite fastidious i'll my eat
e ing, us | pause often in my writing an,
a NV ewes wander to the fire. where tn,
, monk, vs. legs and arms IRE protrudin,
I from the pot, and ' shudder and turn
away in disgust rs visions Of spring din
ncrs at home rise up before me. Ny com
pamuhS ar" but twu-rcgIllar Indians
I who love this Wild life, know the forcs
and are content with rough food and ;
! liberal allowance OF caxlca truml.
FORFEIT rI,~rr-rr
Near our caup Is fb. month Of 4 Iarc.
stream of inkv hlark wafer, called ter,
lnoa Alou, lis sllor.s have taken many
. a ramh!r and n description of one OF
these trips NAV ha Of interest. We lcav,
the camp early OF mn AUGUST morning and
slowly drift down fine river the Indians
making their bark cigarettes which are Ia
last them for ;hc day. The sun Is now
above The tops Of the distant forest flock
after ilack uf parrots tlv over. and from
out the woods on uur right come, the
hum of countless insects and the notes OF
the cnamhii. We slowly drift un for half
an hour, then, turning to our right. pass
through a narrow channel into the torrma.
Here the forests are very dense. the great
trees are covered with .epuvs and cling
inc vines. one called Il matadnr-a s..pov.
which beginning Il clinging plant growing
l,v The side Of some forest monarch. using
II rs support. Gr.lually throws ont little
| shoots which wrap themselves arnund the
trees trHnt 50 closely as tn appear rs if
the tree had been hpunl with ropes After
it has thus 90. It's hold il mounts higher
and higher, throwing ont Il succession Of
coils every few feet. Then it commences
its deadly work Of choking the tree to
death. which it does in very shor: time.
killing itself together with the tree. The
forests Of the Rio Negro are strnun with
/ these fallen trees rutwincl with this So
/ poy One who has not travelled in the
/ tropics has no idea Of the constant strug-
/ "la for life which is ALWAYS going on in
/ these dense forests where the soil is all
munopolizcl and where light and air are
necessary for the growth of plants. and
one also is hewilderrd at the diversity of
growth. Slowly padding along the igar-
, ape. passing numerous little creeks. We
| occasionally see MS through Il tunnel far
up some stream over which the trees had
/ intcrlaced their branches. shutting out
the noondav sun. Here hramclias throw
their long spike Of scarlet flowers into the
air and calapiums carpet the ground. At
II o'clock We arrived nj the first house nn
the tcr,mn-th, homo of am Indian who
had cleared little patch "l ground,
built has pall.l hat and surrounded hlm-
self with dozen starved dogs and nU-
lner"Us dirty children.
LAGER ngrE AND PERFUMES.
At This house We were invited to enter
in Gods name. The homes of the In
dams are often clean. but thosn Of tine
tercma a-e generally filthy. The people
are yerv poor and lagy their Labor con
sists in raising mandioca. ont of which
they make their bread. and more child
ren, and as the latter are not fit To eat,
there is frequently a famine. In tha rainy
season these people fare better. ~ then
the clear waters of the streams become
muddy. and fish and 1hqn turtle can he
cauriit The Lous,. where We tirsi enter
ed was that Of the dclagaIn. II petty mag
istratp. whose boast WAS that he was
white man Tbis we did not dispUtc. and
we verr soon ON thc best Of terms. The
ho,Is, WAS r,l,J thotrh,d with ,,aIm the
furniture u..ps in tL. walls for ham
mocI;s bows opd arrows ON tLc wall and
,mpty 81 Iouis l,oor b.,rbottI,s behind
the door n f1Idr won,Iru east, i'm which h,.
shru,cl tLc saint. Ia which he rcsortcd in
time of trouilr. and last Of all a bottle of
Florida water. Go where Won will in
Brazil. ascend the tributaries. penetrate
iptn tIo irtarinr visit tln u1t-of-the-vav /
Indian VILLAGES and thr first tIiuo Won
will s.a is Florida yofcr The Indians; |
win NJ, v.;tI,nut ,lotL,s "a ,.l,t.in this n,r-
fu,nl
Tho Land l,r.leriuo ii... t,,c,n3s j., a,.u- |
cr..Ih, Liob tbnt.al ,.rt.r ou. secs low |
ami srI,iart +, nyrrtIny cnlI,r.i,,,, /
,,r,,1,5 f.r, u.,.nt-,I;s, tj,r t.rc,n,s mr..
msnrrassrJ nf birds md insects tbrrc
is ma I,rL tI,,. L,ittrrtlir., vie vi.L H..
birds in rinbnrss uf rul,. Inf most of |
tI,is rroinn Is thinlv inLohit,1 Oft,n in
ynvooinn - ,1,J,. hons Is n,esoJ who.o |
n,,iv LraI,tv- c,,,si... in tLr Iittlo cIa,r;n., .
which surrounds It. Here You see the tall /
growing Wild. its presence in the forest .
ALWAYS drno:inae The place oi Il former |
hnusr Often th. tall As,ai raIn towers |
nbnv. fla. INF sbn,ci,,,, IL. f..,tLr,,. ,,J,it,.
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