CONTENTS. xi 



ants — Centipeds — Cockroaches — Fire-ants — Insects — Fire-flies — Suspended cocoons ■ — 

 Lanteru-fly — The tanana — "Wood beetles — Spiders— Bees and wasps — Butterflies .... 540 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE WONDERS OP THE FOREST. 



Aspects of the forest — Buttress trees^ — ^Sipos or wild vines — The seringa or india-rubber tree — 

 The cow-tree — Monkeys' drinking-cups — Brazil-nut tree — The Victoria Regia — Palms 570 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE WONDERS OF THE WATERS. 



The manatee, or cow-fish — Piranha — The diodon — The acara — Anableps — The parrot-fish — 

 The gymnotus — Localization of fish — Gymnotus, or electric eel — Sting-rays — Serrosalmus 

 piraya — The caribe — Adaptation of animals to their destined mode of existence .... 591 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



NATIVES OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 

 The Mundurucu.s — General character of the natives — The Purupurus — The Catauixis 609 



CHAPTER XIX. 



INDIAN WEAPONS AND MODES OF KILLING GAME. 



The blow-pipe — Wourali poison — Timbo— Mode of shooting and netting turtle — Another 

 mode of catching fish — Poisoning birds — The long-bow — Stalking game — Mode of killing 

 alligators — Turtle-catching and collecting eggs — Oil from turtles' eggs — Fishing-nets and 

 baskets — Canoes — Musical instruments 615 



^art fourth. 



NORTHERN REGIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 

 CHAPTER I. 



VENEZUELA. 

 Humming-birds^ Trees— The Llaneros 635 



CHAPTER II. 



GUIANA. 



Kivers : — The Essequibo — The Berbice River — The Arecuna Indians— The Corentyn River — 

 The Demerara River — Native tribes— The Arawaks — The Guarania — The Macusis — The 

 Acawoios — Mounds full of human remains — Vegetable productions 654 



CHAPTER III. 



CENTRAL BRAZIL. 

 Serras — The Campos dos Paricis— The cerrados — Diamond-mines of Brazil ■ C87 



