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Chapter Xi—Excursions in the Neighbourhood of Ega

The Naturalist on the River Amazons · Henry Walter Bates — chapter 5 of 20 · ~65 words · public domain

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The River Teffé — Rambles through Groves on the Beach — Excursion to the House of a Passé Chieftain — Character and Customs of the Passé Tribe — First Excursion to the Sand Islands of the Solimoens — Habits of Great River-turtle — Second Excursion — Turtle-fishing in the Inland Pools — Third Excursion — Hunting-rambles with Natives in the Forest — Return to Ega.

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