CHAPTER X.
An enemy in the night—The vampire bat—The hermit discourses on strange, and curious, and interesting things 81
CHAPTER XL
The hermit's story 90
CHAPTER XII.
A hunting expedition, in which are seen stones that can run, and cows that require no food—Besides a desperate encounter with a jaguar, and other strange things 106
CHAPTER XIII.
Martin and Barney continue their travels, and see strange things—Among others, they see living jewels—They go to see a festa—They fight and run away 123
CHAPTER XIV.
Cogitations and canoeing on the Amazon—Barney's exploit with an alligator—Stubborn facts—Remarkable mode of sleeping 137
CHAPTER XV.
The great anacondas dinner—Barney gets a fright—Turtles' eggs—A satisfactory "blow out"—Senhor Antonio's plantation—Preparations for a great hunt 150
CHAPTER XVI.
An alligator hunt—Remarkable explosions—The rainy season ushered in by an awful resurrection 162
CHAPTER XVII.
The Gapo—Interruptions—Grampus and Marmoset Canoeing in the woods—A night on a floating island 176
CHAPTER XVIII.
The sad and momentous era referred to at the close of the chapter preceding the last 186
CHAPTER XIX.
Worse and worse—Everything seems to go wrong together 195
