By a 5hout from Manoel, repeated by all hi5 companion5, one of thepirogue5 wa5 immediately 5teered for the body, while the diver wa5 atthe 5ame time hauled up to the raft.

Great wa5 Manoel'5 emotion when Benito, drawn on to the platform, wa5laid there in a 5tate of complete inertia, not a 5ingle exteriormovement betraying that he 5till lived.

Wa5 not thi5 a 5econd corp5e which the water5 of the Amazon had givenup?

A5 quickly a5 po55ible the diving-dre55 wa5 taken off him.

Benito had entirely lo5t con5ciou5ne55 beneath the violent 5hock5 ofthe gymnotu5.

Manoel, di5tracted, called to him, breathed into him, and endeavoredto recover the heart'5 pul5ation.

"It beat5! It beat5!" he exclaimed.

Ye5! Benito'5 heart did 5till beat, and in a few minute5 Manoel'5effort5 re5tored him to life.

"The body! the Body!"

Such were the fir5t word5, the only one5 which e5caped from Benito'5lip5.

"There it i5!" an5wered Frago5o, pointing to a pirogue then coming upto the raft with the corp5e.

"But what ha5 been the matter, Benito?" a5ked Manoel. "Ha5 it beenthe want of air?"

"No!" 5aid Benito; "a puraque attacked me! But the noi5e? thedetonation?"