In Search of an Unknown Race — page 47: what you’re looking at

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VAN. 39 Further explanations followed. The sailor’s reason for trying to reach Itambez by the river route instead of by the longer and far more dangerous overland journey was simply this: The Canuma River, which rose among the western Cordilleras, flowed directly through the city of Itambez Far outside the city limits it entered a canyon among the encircling mountains, and thence made its way to Canuma Lake, from which another branch flowed directly into the Uraria. Trading boats were constantly ascending the Amazon to its junction with the Uraria, and once he got a passage thus far he felt sure of accomplishing the rest of the journey, hazardous as such an undertaking might seem. And now their future destination, which all along had seemed to have an air of unreality, began to take more definite form in Van’s mind. ‘Thus far he had thought more of the novel experiences of the journey itself. Now his heart began to beat high with anticipa- tion, and he became as anxious to shorten the voyage as was Martin himself. Tom, on his own part, accepted the story of ltambez in perfect good faith. His simple and somewhat cred- ulous nature had taken in all he had previously heard about the treasure city without the slightest shadow of hesitation. ‘‘T termendous lucky to fall in wid you two,” he gravely remarked. ‘‘’Spect I'll make er mighty good thing of it some way or oder, and any way I’se sure of my twenty-five dollars a month.” Though the three voyagers encountered the usual “S (E(0) EOmicboo