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THE PUTUMAYO
CHAINED INDIAN RUBBER GATHERERS IN THE STOCKS: ON THEPUTUMAYO RIVER.
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THE PUTUMAYO
THE DEVIL’S PARADISE
TRAVELS IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
REGION AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE
ATROCITIES COMMITTED UPON THE
INDIANS THEREIN
BY
W. E. HARDENBURG
EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION
By C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S.
Author of “The Andes and the Amazon,” &c.
TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF
SIR ROGER CASEMENT CONFIRMING THE OCCURRENCES
WITH 16 ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP
T. FISHER UNWIN
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE
LEIPSIC: INSELSTRASSE 20
First Published, December, 1912
Second Impression, January, 1913
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PREFACE
THE extracts from Sir Roger Casement’s Report, which form part of thiswork, are made by permission of H.M. Stationery Office. Acknowledgementis also made for assistance rendered, both to the Rev. J. H. Harris,Organising Secretary of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines ProtectionSociety, and to the Editor of Truth. Portions of Mr. Hardenburg’saccounts have been omitted, and some revisions necessarily made, but thestatements of adventures and the occurrences remain as in the originaland stand upo