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by Peter Matthiessen


  Yanatili River, 154, 160, 163, 169

  Yarina Cocha, Lake, 52–54, 254, 256

  Yavero River, 196

  Yellowlegs, 12–13

  Yuca, 160, 214

  Yucca cactus, 66, 71

  Yungas, 74

  Yuqui Indians, 74

  Zacharias, a Quechua, 177–78, 181

  Zoos, 23

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