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XVII. PETROPOLIS. IN THE FOREGROUND, GERMAN SCHOOL-CHILDREN 1 92 



ARAUCARLA.S IN FRONT OF THE YPIRANGA MUSEUM, SAO PAULO 1 92 



XVIII. BROMELIAS IN PERNAMBUCO 200 



ARISTOLOCHIA GIGANTEA IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OF PER- 



ADENIYA, CEYLON 200 

 XrX. TREE-STRANGLING FIG, PARAHYBA, STILL GROWING ON THE SUP- 

 PORTING TREE 208 

 OLD TREE-STRANGLING FIG, MATURE, AT MONTE, OLINDA 2o8 

 XX. IN THE DESERT OF PARAHYBA 2l6 

 PILLAR-CACTUS AND FIG-CACTUS 2l6 

 XXI. A FERREIRO'S NEST 232 

 VULTURE-NETTLE-TREE 232 

 PILLAR-CACTUS 232 

 OITICICA 232 

 XXII. MANGO-TREE, SHOWING FRUIT, AND MACAIBA-PALMS 256 

 BREADFRUIT-TREE 256 

 JACA-TREE 256 



XXIII. CASTOR-OIL PLANT AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST 272 

 SUGAR-CANE, TAPERA, PERNAMBUCO 272 



XXIV. VIEW OF THE "pARROT's BEAK," TIJUCA MOUNTAINS 288 

 BUILDING A negro's HOUSE 288 

 TRAVELLING BY TROLLEY 288 



XXV. COTTON-FIELD, SOLIDADE, PARAHYBA 296 



COFFEE PLANTATIONS IN THE HILLS NEAR JAHU 296 



EUCALYPTUS FOREST, CAYEIRAS 296 



XXVI. LA PLATA MUSEUM, ARGENTINA 298 



PREHISTORIC GIANT ARMADILLO IN THE LA PLATA MUSEUM 298 



XXVII. THE MORE PRIMITIVE MAMMALS OF BRAZIL 3^2 



XXVIII. BIRDS OF BRAZIL 34° 



xxnc. (i) MIMICRY 344 



(11) INSECTS WHICH MIMIC LEAVES AND TWIGS, AND SOME OTHERS 344 



XXX. termites' NEST ON THE LAND OF THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 



TAPERA 346 



SAGUIM MONKEY 346 



DRAWING VIRUS FROM A RATTLESNAKE, BUTANTAN INSTITUTE 346 



XXXI. BRAZILIAN SNAKES 352 



XXXII. THE OLDEST HOUSE IN BRAZIL, PARAHYBA 3^^ 



A HOUSE IN RECIFE 3^^ 



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