CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 9 



LIST OF PLATES 15 



LIST OF FIGURES I? 



I. THE BEAUTY OF BRAZIL 21 



II. THE OCEAN SHORE 3^ 



III. THE SCAVENGERS OF THE SHORE, AND THE MANGROVE WOODS 53 



IV. THE VIRGIN FOREST 63 

 V. THE LIANAS 88 



VI. EPIPHYTES AND PARASITES I CO 



VII. IN THE DESERT II3 



VIII. TROPICAL GARDENS I3I 



IX. PLANTATIONS 145 



X. THE ANIMAL WORLD OF BRAZIL 1 58 



XI. NATURE AS AN ORGANISM 1 83 



XII. THE MOSAIC OF COLOURS 206 



XIII. THE FLOWERS OF BRAZIL 23O 



XIV. THE SYMPHONY OF VOICES 247 

 XV. CAREFUL MOTHERS 266 



XVI. PIONEERS OF COMMUNAL LIFE : WASPS AND BEES 289 



XVII. THE COMMUNITY OF THE ANTS 303 



XVIII. THE TERMITES 325 



XIX. SNAKES AND BLOODSUCKERS 337 



XX. THE BRAZILIANS 356 



INDEX WITH SCIENTIFIC DENOMINATIONS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS, 



THEIR DERIVATION AND AFFILIATIONS, AND OTHER PARTICULARS 373 



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