Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds
by William La Varre
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About this eBook
- Author
- La Varre, William, 1898-1991
- Credits
- E-text prepared by sp1nd, srjfoo, Matthew Wheaton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F2351: Latin America local history: Guiana
- Subject
- Mazaruni River (Guyana)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 43051
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43051
- Release Date
- June 28, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.UP THE MAZARUNI FOR DIAMONDS
- 2.FOREWORD
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.CHAPTER I “ ARE YOU GAME TO TRY IT? ”
- 6.CHAPTER II “ IN THE LAND O’ MAZARUNI ”
- 7.CHAPTER III A FIRE BOAT AND A NATIVE WEDDING
- 8.CHAPTER IV JUNGLE DAYS BEGIN
- 9.CHAPTER V GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE NATIVES
- 10.CHAPTER VI LIFE ON THE RIVER
- 11.CHAPTER VII MUTINY AMONG THE CREW
- 12.CHAPTER VIII THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
- 13.CHAPTER IX BABOON FOR DINNER
- 14.CHAPTER X IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY
- 15.CHAPTER XI “UNCIVILIZED,” BUT COURTEOUS, QUIET AND CLEAN
- 16.CHAPTER XII A VISIT TO A NATIVE HOME
- 17.CHAPTER XIII THE SNAKE THAT DISAPPEARED
- 18.CHAPTER XIV DIFFICULTIES OF JUNGLE TRAVEL
- 19.CHAPTER XV HOSPITALITY OF THE JUNGLE FOLK
- 20.CHAPTER XVI CASSAVA CAKES AND BLOW-PIPES
- 21.CHAPTER XVII ON THE MARCH AGAIN
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII ARRIVAL AT THE DIAMOND FIELDS
- 23.CHAPTER XIX HOW THE NATIVES HUNT AND FISH
- 24.CHAPTER XX PICKING UP JUNGLE LORE
- 25.CHAPTER XXI THE FIRST DIAMOND!
- 26.CHAPTER XXII HOW THE PRECIOUS STONES ARE FOUND
- 27.CHAPTER XXIII GOOD-BYE TO THE JUNGLE
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