CHAPTER XXIII

GOOD-BYE TO THE JUNGLE 137

ILLUSTRATIONS

Sketch map _Frontispiece_ "Jimmy" _facing page_ 4 We Worked Steadily up the Dangerous River 20 A Jungle "Hotel" 20 Once in a While a Boat Shot Past Us 46 At Times a Portage Must be Made 46 The First Jungle Indians We Saw 52 An Indian Fisherman 52 "Bringing Home the Bacon" 60 They Seemed Glad to Pose for Us 84 Jungle Huntsmen 84 At Fourteen an Indian Girl Must Be Able to Cook Cassava 94 A Primitive Sugar Cane Press 94 Two Quick Puffs, a Flutter, and the Bird Drops to Earth 98 My Jungle Friends 104 Usually Our Hunters Were Successful 116 The Toucan Makes an Interesting Pet 118 Abraham, Felling a Woodskin Tree 122 Preparing Woodskin Bark for Canoe 124 Finished Woodskin Canoe with Ends Open 124 Our Jungle Home 128 An Interior View of Our "Logie" 132 A Long Tom Diamond Washer 134 Jiggers Separating Diamonds from Gravel 134

UP THE MAZARUNI FOR DIAMONDS