CHAPTER VII
Agriculture--Plantations--Preparation of ground in the forest--Paucity of agricultural instruments--Need for diligence--Women’s incessant toil--No special harvest-time--Maize the only grain grown--No use for sugar--Manioc cultivation--Peppers--Tobacco--Coca cultivation--Tree-climbing methods--Indian wood-craft--Indian tracking--Exaggerated sporting yarns--Indian sense of locality and accuracy of observation--Blow-pipes--Method of making blow-pipes--Darts--Indian improvidence--Migration of game--Traps and snares--Javelins--Hunting and fishing rights--Fishing--Fish traps--Spearing and poisoning fish 102
CHAPTER VIII
The Indian armoury--Spears--Bows and arrows--Indian strategy--Forest tactics and warfare--Defensive measures--Secrecy and safety--The Indian’s science of war--Prisoners--War and anthropophagy--Cannibal tribes--Reasons for cannibal practices--Ritual of vengeance--Other causes--No intra-tribal cannibalism--The anthropophagous feast--Human relics--Necklaces of teeth--Absence of salt--Geophagy 115
CHAPTER IX
The food quest--Indians omnivorous eaters--Tapir and other animals used for food--Monkeys--The peccary--Feathered game--Vermin--Eggs, carrion, and intestines not eaten--Honey--Fish--Manioc--Preparation of cassava--Peppers--The Indian hot-pot--Lack of salt--Indian meals--Cooking--Fruits--Cow-tree milk 126
CHAPTER X
Drinks, drugs, and poisons: their use and preparation--Unfermented drinks--Caapi--Fermented drinks--Cahuana--Coca: its preparation, use, and abuse--Parica--Tobacco--Poison and poison-makers 138