CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. --THE DIPLODOCUS . . . . . i 



II. AT SEA . . . . . . .16 



III. LIVING THINGS IN THE WATERS . . 27 



IV. THE SOUTHERN HEAVENS .... 33 



V. A DAY IN BAHIA ..... 43 



VI. Rio DE JANEIRO ..... 57 



VII. RAMBLES ABOUT Rio DE JANEIRO . . 68 



VIII. SANTOS 79 



IX. MONTEVIDEO AND THE RIVER PLATE . 89 



X. LA PLATA ...... 108 



XI. ARGENTINA . . . . . .128 



XII. BUENOS AIRES ..... 147 



XIII.- -THE DELTA OF THE PARANA . . . 166 

 XIV. A TRIP TO MAR DEL PLATA . . .187 



XV. A MYSTERIOUS BEAST . . . .211 



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