1 | Equinox » |
Tomorrow, we begin our journey in earnest. The last few weeks have been fraught with planning and preparation, and our progress upriver has been slow as we have been making ourselves familiar with the terrain and our boats . . . |
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2 | Roots » |
The Ytucalis found us at Borja, some three days after the disaster along the Pongo de Manseriche. Their dialect is odd, even for Círo, who led us to believe that he was fluent in most of the regional variations . . . |
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3 | Tree » |
I am not ready to leap to such an exotic explanation. I want to, God help me, I want to. It would validate so much of what I came here to prove, but that is exactly the trap I must avoid . . . |
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4 | Superstition » |
It has been a troubling few days of waiting at Borja. Mr. Harrington is making some headway on repairing the boat, but the rains are making his progress slow and tedious . . . |
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5 | Guide » |
The Ytucalis arrived this morning, timing their approach with the lifting of the fog, so that they could appear like apparitions spawned by the jungle mist . . . |
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6 | Garden » |
Mr. Gaultier is no longer trying to hide his dislike of my decision from the rest of the expedition . . . |
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7 | Ripen » |
Mr. Harrington believes we are now in Brazil, and according to his map, we should reach São Paulo de Oliverça within a few days . . . |
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8 | Leaf » |
My mother used to press leaves. I would find them in my father's heavy medical journals. This may be the true source of my fascination—unrealized, unspoken, these many years . . . |
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9 | Twilight » |
Has it only been a week since we reached São Paulo de Oliverça? . . . |
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10 | Bloom » |
The plant itself is an ugly, twisted thing. Its stalk is ridged and knobbed like the wart-covered skin of a desiccated toad . . . |
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11 | Confusion » |
What is the medicinal use of the visionary experience? What benefit to the mind is there to be gained in quelling its structures and rules? . . . |
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12 | An Age of Exploration » |
Today, a part of me begins the long journey back to the States. While my quest into the jungle is complete, my work is far from finished . . . |
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13 | Reflection » |
This is the end, and while I am saddened by its arrival, I know that it must come to pass . . . |
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14 | Fire » |
The editorial offices and archive of the Journal, housed in a secondary structure on the property, were also consumed by the fire . . . |
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15 | Re-Awakening » |
There are marks on my hands, scratches and cuts as if I have wrestled rose bushes in my sleep. It is entirely possible. I do not remember the last few days . . . |
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16 | My Children » |
I realize this letter may strike you as an egregious hoax, and I hope that you will have enough faith to read it through to the end before you pass judgment . . . |
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17 | Telegram » |
I'm going to Brazil . . . |
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18 | UR-Gnosis » |
[PharmakonNewsWire] The worldwide release of Atramabor, the flagship drug of nascent startup Trinity Pharmacopoeia, has come under fire from a series of lawsuits . . . |
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