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Not until some 900 miles from the mouth did Chandless meet with any obstruction to navigation. Beyond this, however, were frequent shallows, show- ing rocks of yellow and claret-coloured sandstone, and in the dry season barring the progress of large craft. Some of Chandless's party turned back, owing to shortness of rations, and were murdered by the Hy- purinas. Chandless himself, with his diminished fol- lowing, pushed steadily on, through a region uninhab- ited by Indians, and where, in conse...quence, game was plentiful and unafraid. Especially noticeable, owing to their size and fearlessness, were the tapirs, those curious connecting links between the elephant and the hog. Eeachiug a point where the stream forked, 232 DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS. he explored both branches until they became narrow, rapid, and practically impassable for canoes. On the northern branch he met with a family of Indians of the forest, who had emerged upon the river-bank by chance. These were unacquainted with iron, and as- tonished at sight of a canoe.
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