TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Canoe Excursion. Scenery. Another Sitio. Morals and Manners. 

 Talk with the Indian Women. Life in the Forest. Life in the Towns. 

 Dinner-Party. Toasts. Evening Row on the Lake. Night Scene. 

 Smoking among the Senhoras. Return to Manaos. . . . 251-275 



CHAPTER IX. 



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MANAOS AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. 



Photographic Establishment. Indian Portraits. Excursion to the Great 

 Cascade. Its Geological Formation. Bathing Pool. Parasitic Plants. 



Return by the Igarape". Public Ball. Severity in Recruiting, and its 

 Effects. Collecting Parties. Scenes of Indian Life. Fete Champetre 

 at the Casa dos Educandos. Prison at Manaos. Prison Discipline on 

 the Amazons. Extracts from Presidential Reports on this Subject. 

 Prison at Teffe". General Character of Brazilian Institutions. Em- 

 peror's Birthday. Illuminations and Public Festivities. Return of Col- 

 lecting Parties. Remarks on the Races. Leave Manaos for Mauhes. 276 - 300 



CHAPTER X. 



EXCURSION TO MAUHES AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. 



Leave Manaos. On board the Ibicuhy. Navigation of the River Ra- 

 mos. Aspect of the Banks. Arrival at Mauhes. Situation of Mau- 

 hes. Tupinambaranas. Character of Population. Appearance of the 

 Villages of Mauhes. Bolivian Indians. Guarana. Excursion to Mu- 

 caja-Tuba. Mundurucu Indians. Aspect of Village. Church. Dis- 

 tribution of Presents. Generosity of the Indians. Their Indifference. 

 Visit to another Settlement. Return to Mauhes. Arrival of Munduru- 

 cns in the Village. Description of Tattooing. Collection. Boto. 

 Indian Superstitions. Palm Collection. Walk in the Forest. Leave 

 Mauhes. Mundurucu Indian and his Wife. Their Manners and Ap- 

 pearance. Indian Tradition. Distinctions of Caste. . . . 301-321 



CHAPTER XI. 



RETURN TO MANAOS. EXCURSION ON THE RIO NEGRO. 



Christmas Eve at Manaos. Ceremonies of the Indians. Churches on the 

 Amazons. Leave Manaos for the Rio Negro. Curious River Formation. 



Aspect of the River. Its Vegetation. Scanty Population. Village 

 of Taua Pe"assu. Padre of the Village. Palms. Village of Pedreira. 

 Indian Camp. Making Palm-thatch. Sickness and Want at Pedreira. 



Row in the Forest. Tropical Shower. Geology of Pedreira. Indian 

 Recruits. Collection of Palms. Extracts from Mr. Agassiz's Notes on 

 Vegetation. Return to Manaos. Desolation of the Rio Negro. Its fu- 

 ture Prospects. Humboldt's Anticipations. Wild Flowers. Distribu- 

 tion of Fishes in the Amazonian Waters. How far due to Migration. 

 Hydrographic System. Alternation between the Rise and Fall of the 

 Southern and Northern Tributaries ........ 322 - 850 



