CANOEING UP THE URARICOERA RIVER WITH THE HELP OF AN OUTBOARD MOTOR

The open patch in the forested bank was probably caused by a tropical hurricane, such as that which occurred while the Rice Expedition was approaching the mouth of the Branco.

A COMMA-SHAPED ISLAND ON THE URARICOERA RIVER NEAR ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE BRANCO A single house, occupied by a Brazilian cattleman, surrounded by several huts for Indian cowboys and helpers, is known as the settlement of Alagadico. On all sides stretches the campos, a cattle-grazing region of 10,000 square miles or more, where wild herds roam and are rounded up once a year. The only fences are watercourses fringed with rows of palms.

THE EXPEDITION MAKING ITS WAY UP THE ROARING WHITE CHANNEL OF THE RIO URARICOERA

On a rock in the lower center may be made out the figures of half a dozen men and two canoes. Rapids such as this extend for 100 miles on the Uraricoera above Maraca Island. They are not especially difficult for canoes, but require time, as the craft must be pulled up by long ropes (see, also, illustration, page 407). The heavier-laden canoes, requiring more water to float, were forced up through the swiftest water and frequently were swamped. Cases of gasoline, foodstuffs, and trade goods floating downstream were rescued by Indian helpers. On one occasion the expedition's entire stock of cigarette papers disappeared in swirling waters, and thereafter the thin bark of a certain tree, split into thin, flexible layers, had to be used for the "makings."

KULEIKULEIMA ROCKS, A PLACE OF DISASTER (SEE TEXT, PAGE 388)

The party

This photograph, taken after the members of the Rice Expedition had reached the point where the hydroplane came to grief, shows the leader's shelter at the extreme right. The plane is about to take off from the only available landing spot for a hundred miles in either direction. remained here for two weeks, while gasoline was sent ahead by canoe and portage (see page 413).