The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11

saw sonetAsax oe = when p&zse1 abo<s.
tAe southern side If sa@ Es&az1 ~ Aa-ass
and sxsses sn-ouxn TIE narrow channel
into xAs zaasa brs.y os The Arnxzrn 81 mT
xzy 70 The river TIE lard nsTs ~ eG-
- BY natural canals forming VASE zSaan-s
es curious shapes separated by narrow
streams - water vhacn are walled vita
the worsSr4 ~ truriGzl vsEsszssaa- Z hate
sssa most Ct tAe E-s2s rivers 81 TIE
ESrs1. has nowhere else aay1Fzsz Ex@
rhlz Let ne Eve yoz sane r8ssx vhach
I mate sitting q ire prev af q. steamer
as ne p2xS@E through
We srs nG~ n sse great delta ss tne
Anazcz We have let the rushing char
eel where the river rsils afGrg - yeEan-
wares sc is tE-eEd ccUrss. aEs a-e soas-
ing through eanasx. where the water .
by sha setting SUE = has changed 10 cop
p~g ard 20 gold On al sS5ea u Is aye
isEaaas which seem 20 hGzs ca this eop2er
sea- masses - rich. dark ravy hsle ard
gerxsors green Ctr steamer IS passing
between walls % blE- walls % emerald
plush q hundred feet high, which cut ~
other canals similarly wooded. make X
seem a. though VIZ were travelling
through Gre .. aAssIrs's great cities Il
- fairy city Of The Amaz01-a city set
bulk by hands. a city perszgate1 by nam
KEYS taxuarx. parrots and Azsssgfses- X
is the haunt OF the crocodile. which here
grows 20 its grea.=s. size. IL - the hcrze
~ the orchid ard sk- palm. oe tie India
rubber tree and % countless ether trrr-
sczi plants. which would each be q rarity
II the botanical gardens ot Europe
The Vegetation
Take a look az the trees What var.
ETY. ce PAINS Some II them are only a.
big around as your arm bur they are
tall as ssx-ssory house. extending from
the ground 10 the top without branches.
and ending in a great sassei OF leaves.
There are others which sprout cut ia
great lunches from the ground There ara
palms loaded with coceanuts. each rut
IN its grsn husk ss big as sootoaiL
There are palms which branch oat like
fans and there are royal palms a hum
dr-d fee. tall which tower high above
the smaller varieties.
Bot the most striking Frsss Of the ANA
xon are rot the palm trees We look In
vain for a foges, Of palms. Palms grow
among the ether trees Of she woods. and
you seldom mary palms close to-
gethsr. The ether forest trees IL the dis.
ssrcs ieok much like osr trees az home
When yea get close TO the shore how
ever you see the trees are matted Ia
g4ther with vines. Tire bark of many
81 them - silver gray. and iong creepsrs
hang down from their branches TO tire
ground. 80 that il would be almost i'm
possible Ia make your way through with
on. the aid Of an az
Seine Of the trees are enormous The
one which bears the Brazil nut towers
high above the rest 81 the forest. II has
q foliage OF rich. dark green, sn9 this
extends cnt Ia the shape % a great hill
or mound of green away CD there in the
air. Brazil nuts are Ike wainu,s. only
each nut is about twice as big as a base.
a.aK3 O. hsszI
inside o. II there are from fifteen 20
twenty Of the Brazil nuts OF commerce
Some Of the Amazon trees are covegss.
with flowers Over gher~ at the right
there Is = hayssaek 81 vioises poised u1oa
the top OF that trunk. sixty feet high
blossoms look tuss like hut.ercsps- Busgss
IL you can in the eye Of your mind a
stack Of butsercnYs as big a circus
tent away up IA the air surrounded by
green. and you have the effect
The most beautiful things. however. are
the little sh.gSs, the orchids which citing
10 In. dead branches. the fern trees and
plants which have leaves busted with sill
yer and copper and gold
The HATS Of the Amasea.
have seen but few people on my way
up the Amszon. Para. at the mouth. IL
the metropolis S< the whsle Yeg7an IL
nes< center. obfdos has about 90 people.
although Il Ii pat dowr IN che books
much larger. There are few ether scat
ssring towns, such as Santsrern and Porte
Allegro. but none has many people.
Along the banks you SIRE here and there
cut GA. Of the weeds clearing 1uss
about s5g enough for = sut aud = garden
The hat /, made OF poles ari pair .eagss
and the garden consists of a few banana
plants an crzrE@ tree or 30 and gssma
palm trees The huts are matched with
palm leaves. They ara rude that the
wind whistles through them and shs roof
merely serves 10 keep o., the rain and
the sua-
They are built close 10 the edge ~ sha
river Naked babies g1sy On the shore IN
frost ~ them and hare-sooted Eaen and
women. many II whom are mulsssoss o.
negroes stand ard lock a. To- steamer
as i: goes ~. The most ~ saSs~ people
are rubber hunters. . few OWE eacAo on