CHAPTER IX.

JAVITA.

Leave Guía--Marabitánas--Serra de Cocoi--Enter Venezuela--São Carlos--Pass the Cassiquiare--Antonio Dias--Indian shipbuilders--Feather-work--Maróa and Pimichin--A black jaguar--Poisonous serpents--Fishing--Walk to Javita--Residence there--Indian road-makers--Language and customs--A description of Javita--Runaway Indians--Collections at Javita--Return to Tómo--A domestic broil--Marabitánas and its inhabitants--Reach Guía 159