432 



INDEX. 



Beetles, 77, 108, 114; list of four 

 hundred and two species collected, 

 389 ; notes on, 397 



Bernos (tzetze), 108, III, 120, 144; 

 note on, 410 



Bertrand, Mr. William, 15 



Bicho, application of term, 409 ; do pe. 

 Vide Jiggers ; do Embaiiba, 357 note 



Bico do Papagau (Tijuca), 20, 223 



Birds, 34, 38, 50, 51, 59, 75, 81, 83, 

 84, 85, 86, 87, 1 10 ; brought to Eng- 

 land, no note ; nests, 108, 364 ; note 

 on thirty-five species, 358 ; fossil spe- 

 cies, 362 



Bithell, Mr. John Joseph, 48, 54, 107, 

 168, 222, 228 



Black beans (feijSes), 30, 36, 39, 60, 

 62, 129, 134, 161, 172, 420; cost of, 

 8l 



Botafogo, 185. Vide Bays : Origin of 

 name, 185 note ; botanical gardens, 

 22, 208 ; fishermen, 186 ; granite at, 

 200 ; Lagoa Rodriguez de Freitas, 

 22, 208 ; Mrs. Fairall, 202 ; our pen- 

 sion, 185, 186 ; our garden, 185 ; 

 scenery, 186 ; tramways, 208 ; me- 

 teorological notes, 341 



Botany, 98, 120; notes on, 411; di- 

 vides of Rios Para and Paraopeba, 



411 ; varieties of forests and thickets, 



412 ; canyons, 412 ; genera of plants 

 observed, 413 ; list of species col- 

 lected, 414 ; a new orchid, 416 ; 

 notes on tobacco, bananas, sugar- 

 cane, cacha9a, 417; chillies, quince, 

 gabiroba gooseberry, guava, potato, 

 sweet potato, 418 ; mandioc, prepa- 

 ration of farinha and tapioca, 419 ; 

 black beans, feijoada, 420 ; indigo, 

 salsaparilha, ipecacuanha (derivation 

 of name), 421 ; Erythroxylon, 421 ; 

 Melastomacese, Psidium, 421. See 

 also Fruits, Flowers, etc. 



Brazil nuts, cost of, 247 



Breakfast in camp, 85, 129 ; picnics, 



97. J 3S 

 Bribery and corruption, 190, 200 



Bridge over R. Camapuao, 103 ; over 

 R. Paraopeba, 178 ; dangerous, 55, 

 66, 136 



Brumado. Vide Entre Rios 



Bull-fight, 192 



Bull-frogs, no 



Burity (palm fibre) hammock, 63, 93 



Burton, Captain Richard F. , Highlands 

 of Brazil, quoted, 25, 86, 87, 91 note, 

 X 33. H5 n te, 180 note, 262, 263, 268, 

 300, 301, 303, 345, 347, 348, 349, 

 35, 359, 362, 367, 407, 408, 410, 417 



Butterflies, 23, 34, 91, 93, 139, 173, 

 185 ; swarms on damp ground, 74 > 

 expeditions, 154 ; hunting-grounds, 

 151 ; brilliant pupae, 167 ; protective 

 colouring, 185, 384, 385 ; list of two 

 hundred and fifty-nine species col- 

 lected, 369 ; others . from Minas 

 Geraes, 374 



Butter machinery (Minas), 172 



Cabbage palm (boiled), 69 

 Cabo Frio (Brazil), 19, 207 

 Cacha9a, 32, 36, 57, 60, 70, 417 ; cost 



of, 82 ; used for washing, 70 

 Cacti, 53, 142, 216 

 Calabashes, 173 

 Calvaries, 35, 80, 159 

 Camara (wood), 80 

 Camp of second section, 55, 72, in 

 Camp of third section, 62 

 Campos (downs), 33, 51, 53, 59, 74, 



90, 95, 412, 422 



Camps, my, 76, 80, 86, 118, 123 

 Canary birds, 127 

 Canary Islands. Vide Islands 

 Candles, composite, 149 ; cost of, 39 

 Canoes, 212 

 Canteen (Silver's), 77 

 Canons, or canyons. Vide Barrancas 

 Cape Verd Islands. Vide Islands 

 Capibara, 70 ; note on, 346 

 Capitao Sydney, 98, 123 



