CHAPTER VII

Agriculture--Plantations--Preparation of ground in the forest--Paucity of agricultural instruments--Need for diligence--Women’s incessant toil--No special harvest-time--Maize the only grain grown--No use for sugar--Manioc cultivation--Peppers--Tobacco--Coca cultivation--Tree-climbing methods--Indian wood-craft--Indian tracking--Exaggerated sporting yarns--Indian sense of locality and accuracy of observation--Blow-pipes--Method of making blow-pipes--Darts--Indian improvidence--Migration of game--Traps and snares--Javelins--Hunting and fishing rights--Fishing--Fish traps--Spearing and poisoning fish 102