Chapter XXXIII

Thirst.--L'Encuerado's Return.--The Description of
his Journey.--Janet, Verdet, and
Rougette.--Hunting wild Horses.--Our last
Adventure.--The Return. 483

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FRONTISPIECE.

We were just then passing through a plantation PAGE 28

At last, lagging a little, our party reached the
foot of the mountains 44

The basket and its bearer chased one another down the hill 50

Almost immediately the foliage was pushed aside 56

On hearing the uproar two Indian women came running towards
us 65

Behind us opened a dark, narrow ravine, with perpendicular
sides 74

We now entered one of those glades 82

It was really a capital dinner 101

The dog began to howl desperately 114

A flock of vultures attracted our attention 121

Lucien loudly called out to me 126

Sumichrast halted near three gigantic stones 146

A labyrinth of rocks brought us out in front of a stony
rampart more than a hundred feet in height 152

Sunset surprised us ere we had finished our labor 156

A shrub kept him from falling into the gulf 169

The cataract 174

Fall of Ingenio (from a drawing by the Marquis of
Radepoint) 177

A tiger-cat bounded forward and seized the pheasant 191

The kite avoided the shock, and continued to rise in the
air. 202

It looked like an immense pedestal, surmounted by two bronze
statues 210

Above us, the trees crossed their branches 218

Then Sumichrast slid down the cord to the tree 223

I then ordered the Indian to light the fire 227

The wildest dreams could not picture a stranger style of
architecture 241

Five or six skulls seemed to glare at me through their empty
orbits 245

Crater of Popocatepetl 249

Our two scouts climbed some enormous heaps of rocks 262

The animal continued to retreat before him, and led him to
the mouth of a cave 266

They were at once saluted by a platoon fire 273

I at once recognized the black sugar-cane snake 279

Following in Indian file, we ascended the course of the
stream 287

The rocks came rolling down; dashing together under the
impulse of a liquid avalanche 291

L'Encuerado set to work to plait us hats 295

I used to go iguana hunting with my brothers 301

The moon rose, and rendered the illusion more striking 307

The sand rose rapidly, whirling round and round 314

Everywhere the cactus might be seen assuming twenty
different shapes 318

The water disappeared under a low arch 341

Four children appeared 346

An animal came tumbling down about ten paces from us 358

The sun was just setting 362

L'Encuerado was pressing his arm and uttering cries of
pain 365

The _Terre-Chaude_ was stretched out at my feet 373

And the Indian went away, saluting 379

I threw a stone at the beast 383

There was a whole tribe of monkeys frolicking about 397

I looked in vain for the cougar 403

L'Encuerado turned three somersets 407

It stood up on its hind legs 417

The bank to the right was covered with cranes, and that to
the left with spoonbills 422

The head and bright eyes of a superb jaguar appeared about
fifty paces from us 426

We now came upon some creeping plants 430

The monkey slid down, and fell dead at our feet 435

In front of us opened a glade, bordered by tall palm-trees 442

A band of peccaries were pursuing us 447

The banks of the river were covered with alligators 454

The Indian and his branch descended with a splash into the
river 458

The entire drove dashed at full gallop into the stream 461

The reeds were pushed aside 468

The deer sank down under the weight of a puma 472

While the moon dimly lighted up the landscape. 475

Lucien began to repeat to the parrots the names of Hortense
and Emile 479

We had to cross some muddy marshes 486

Also numerous Woodcuts embodied in, and illustrative of, the text.