CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE START i 



II. UP THE PARAGUAY 38 



III. A JAGUAR-HUNT ON THE TAQUARY 62 



IV. THE HEADWATERS OF THE PARAGUAY 95 



V. UP THE RIVER OF TAPIRS 132 



VI. THROUGH THE HIGHLAND WILDERNESS OF WESTERN 



BRAZIL 167 



VII. WITH A MULE-TRAIN ACROSS NHAMBIQUARA LAND . . 203 

 VIII. THE RIVER OF DOUBT 243 



IX. DOWN AN UNKNOWN RIVER INTO THE EQUATORIAL 



FOREST 282 



X. To THE AMAZON AND HOME; ZOOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPH- 

 ICAL RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION 321 



APPENDICES 



A. THE WORK OF THE FIELD ZOOLOGIST AND FIELD 

 GEOGRAPHER IN SOUTH AMERICA 343 



B. THE OUTFIT FOR TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH 

 AMERICAN WILDERNESS 353 



C. MY LETTER OF MAY i TO GENERAL LAURO 



MlJLLER 370 



INDEX 373 



