قراءة كتاب Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds

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Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds

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دار النشر: Project Gutenberg

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68 CHAPTER XIV Difficulties of Jungle Travel 72 CHAPTER XV Hospitality of the Jungle Folk 82 CHAPTER XVI Cassava Cakes and Blow-pipes 93 CHAPTER XVII On the March Again 101 CHAPTER XVIII Arrival at the Diamond Fields 107 CHAPTER XIX How the Natives Hunt and Fish 113 CHAPTER XX Picking up Jungle Lore 121 CHAPTER XXI The First Diamond! 128 CHAPTER XXII How the Precious Stones are Found 133 CHAPTER XXIII Good-bye to the Jungle 137

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