The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-29
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About 3 o'clock IN tho aiicrnoon wo
clmo 10 "a very steep rapid, mU1o
than a mile long the very one In
which Professor Challenger had sui.
ryrcd disaster upon his fimt journey,
I confess tha, the sight OF Il consolcd
me. Tor Il was really the first direct
confederation. slight as lt was, of
tho truth 81 his story Tho Indians
carried first our canoes and then cur
stores thru the hrushwood, which Is
very thick az this point while NC
four whites our rifles on our
shoulders. walked between them and
any danger coming from the woods
Before evening NC had successfully
passed the rapids, and made our
why some 10 miles above them,
where We anchored for the night A.
This point l rcckoned that We had
come not less than a hundred miles
up tho tributary from the main
stream,
n was In tho carly forenoon OF the
ncd dly that We made the great
departure since dawn Professor
Challenger had been acutcly uneasy.
continually scanning each hank o.
tho river. Suddenly he gave ala rN.
clamatlon Of satisfaction and pointed
20 a single tree, which projected az a
peculiar angle over the side OF the
stream
what DO YOU make OF thaty' no
asked
IL Is surely an Assai palm. said
Summarize
EXACTLY II was an Assai palm
which took Tor my landmark. Tho
secret opening Is hair mile ON,
wards upon tho other side 81 the
river. There s no break "a the
trees That is the wonder and the
mystery Of r. There whore you SEQ
light green rushes instead OF dark
green underground. there between
the great cotton woods. that h my
private gate Into tho unknown. Push
thru, and you win understand"
II was indeed a wonderful place
Having reached the spot marked By
a line Of light green PUSHES, we pojrd
our two canoes thru them for some
hundreds Of yards. and eventually
emerged into "a placid and shallow
stream. running clear and trauapar-
cnt over a sandy bottom. IL may
have been 20 yards aerua. and was
banked IN on each aide by most lux
uraut vegetation. No one who had
no, observed that for short distance
reeds had taken tho place OF shrubs.
could possibly have guessed the ex.
istcnce u such a stream or dreamed
u the f.tiryiani beyond.
For a fair1iand L was--thc most
wonderful that the Imagination q
man could conceive. The thick veg.
citation met overhead intcrlacing
into a natural pergola. and thru this
tunnel Of yerdure in golden twi-
light flowed the green. pcIlucid river.
beautiful ia itself. but marvellous
from tho strange tlnts thrown By the
vivid light from above filtered and
tempered IN It's fall Clear "a crystal.
motionlsss az sheet o. glass. green
~ the edge Of an iceberg. Il stretched
Ia front of us under It's ieaty arch,
way. every stroke Of our paddles
sending a thousand rippies across It's
shining surface, II was a fitting ave,
nue. 20 q land OF wonders. All sign OK
Indians had passed away. but animal
life was more frequent. and the tame
ness Of tho creatures showed that
they knew nothing % the hunter.
Fuzzy little biaek.velYet monkeys.
with snow- white teeth and cleaning.
mocking eyes. Chartered at Us % we
passed. with a dull. heavy splash
an occasional cayman plunged IN
from the bank. once a dark. clumsy
,apir stared al US from a gap in the
bushes. and then numbered away
thru the forest: once. too. the yellow.
sinuous form Of a great puma
whlsked amid the brushwood. and lia
green. baleful eyes glaFsd hatred ~
US over its tawny shoulder. Bird
life was abundant. especially the
wadlng birds. Btork. heron and ibis
gathering in little groups. blue. scar.
lot and white. upon every iog which
iutted from the bank. while beneath
US the crystal water was alive with
fish OF every shape and color.
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