Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1883 — Canoeing on the Amazon. [ARTICLE]

Canoeing on the Amazon.

.Small, light draught steamers now run almost up to the rubber district of the Amazon, where they are met by canoes from above. Canoe travel is not comfortable or safe. The river is full of vindictive and venomous snakes, and alligators do not hesitate to attack voyagers. It is said that to capsize is certain death, as there is no escape from the crowd of saurian and reptile. ' ;