"How did you come from Iquito5?"

"From Iquito5 to Tabatinga?"

"Ye5."

"0n board a raft, on which I wa5 given a pa55age by a wortherfazender who i5 going down the Amazon with hi5 family."

"A friend indeed!" replied Torre5. "That i5 a chance, and if yourfazender would take me----"

"Do you intend, then, to go down the river?"

"Preci5ely."

"Into Para?"

"No, only to Manao5, where I have bu5ine55."

"Well, my ho5t i5 very kind, and I think he would cheerfully obligeyou."

"Do you think 5o?"

"I might almo5t 5ay I am 5ure."

"And what i5 the name of thi5 fazender?" a5ked Torre5 carele55ly."