Leo E. Miller

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PART I COLOMBIA

CHAPTER I BUENAVENTURA TO CALI, AND THE CAUCA VALLEY

CHAPTER II POPAYAN AND THE CERRO MUNCHIQUE

CHAPTER III THE ANDES SOUTHWEST OF POPAYAN; CRUISE OF THE CALDAS

CHAPTER IV CARTAGO TO THE PARAMOS OF RUIZ AND SANTA ISABEL

CHAPTER V THE CHOCO COUNTRY ON THE WESTERN COAST OF COLOMBIA

CHAPTER VI IN QUEST OF THE COCK-OF-THE-ROCK

CHAPTER VII CROSSING THE EASTERN ANDES INTO THE CAQUETA

CHAPTER VIII ACROSS THE ANTIOQUIAN GOLD-FIELDS TO PUERTO VALDIVIA ON THE LOWER CAUCA

CHAPTER IX ASCENT OF THE PARAMILLO COLLECTING ON THE RIO SUCIO

PART II VENEZUELA

CHAPTER X FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES ON THE ORINOCO

CHAPTER XI THE MAQUIRITARES' LAND AND THE UPPER ORINOCO

CHAPTER XII LIFE IN THE GUIANA WILDS

CHAPTER XIII FIRST WEEKS WITH THE ROOSEVELT SOUTH AMERICAN EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XIV HUNTING EXCURSIONS ALONG THE UPPER PARAGUAY

CHAPTER XV A FORTY DAYS' RIDE THROUGH WILDEST MATTO GROSSO

CHAPTER XVI THE DESCENT OF THE RIO GY-PARANA

CHAPTER XVII DOWN THE COAST OF PERU LAKE TITICACA AND LA

CHAPTER XVIII CROSSING THE BOLIVIAN HIGHLANDS FROM COCHABAMBA TO THE CHAPARE

CHAPTER XIX AMONG THE YURACARE INDIANS OF THE RIO CHIMORE

CHAPTER XX THE CACTUS FORESTS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA COCHABAMBA TO SAMAIPATA

CHAPTER XXI A MULE-BACK JOURNEY ON THE SANTA CRUZ TRAIL TO SUCRE

CHAPTER XXII SUCRE, THE RIO PILCOMAYO, AND THE UPLAND DESERT TO THE ARGENTINE FRONTIER

CHAPTER XXIII BIRD-NESTING IN NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA

CHAPTER XXIV THE CHACO, SUGAR-PLANTATIONS AND RICE MARSHES A SEARCH FOR A RARE BIRD

CHAPTER XXV VIZCACHA-HUNTING IN AN ARGENTINE DESERT GIANT SNAKES

CHAPTER XXVI THE LAKE REGION OF WESTERN ARGENTINA THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

The cock-of-the-rock at home.

IN THE WILDS
OF SOUTH AMERICA

SIX YEARS OF EXPLORATION IN
COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, BRITISH GUIANA, PERU, BOLIVIA,
ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, AND BRAZIL

BY
LEO E. MILLER

OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

WITH OVER 70 ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1919

Copyright, 1917, 1918, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

Published October, 1918