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Title: The Putumayo : the devil's paradise, travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an account of the atrocities committed upon the Indians therein
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Hardenburg, W. E. (Walter Ernest), 1886-1942
Subjects: Casement, Roger, Sir, 1864-1916 Peruvian Amazon Company, Ltd Rubber
Publisher: London : Fischer Unwin
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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he numerous stumps along the shore, inthe manner already described for surcadas^ Gon-zalez, although an excellent boatman, suddenly losthis balance and fell with a thud into the deepwater. Fortunately, we succeeded in pulling himout, none the worse for his wetting, and in a half-hour reached La Sofia without further adventure. Here we found Perkins somewhat better, so wefixed the pot in the fore part of the canoe in themanner I had planned and made arrangements todepart on the following day, for Gonzalez haddecided to accompany us as far as Yocuropui, thenext Cioni village, to see the Indians there. Perkins better, we accordingly bade goodbye toour kind friend Materon the next morning, Thurs-day, December 5th; and, lashing our canoe toGonzalez, in order to keep together and to facilitateconversation, we once more resumed our journey.Materon had thoughtfully filled the canoe withpapayas^ bananas, &c., so what with them, the con-versation, and the shooting, we were kept pretty,busy.
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THE UPPER PUTUMAYO 97 The river soon became much broader, owing tothe numerous tributaries, and the current muchgentler, while great sand and gravel playas beganto appear with some frequency. Numerous beau-tiful birds, flying from stump to stump, lent an airof life to the otherwise silent river, while occasion-ally a group of monkeys could be seen making theirway from tree to tree, almost hidden by the thickleaves and tangled creepers so characteristic ofAmazonian vegetation. Soon the heat grew uncom-fortable, so we all withdrew under the commodiouspamacari^ where it was quite agreeable. At 11.30 we stopped for almuerzo on an immenseplayUy upon which were two or three dilapidated-looking ranchos^ probably erected by the exilesabout a month before. Having partaken of a fairlunch of fried yuca^ sausage, rice, and coffee, wewere about to get into the canoes when Perkinseye fell upon a huge ostrich-like bird severalhundred metres away. As he was such a fine speci-men, Perkins endeavoured

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