434 



INDEX. 



D 



Deaf and dumb, 143, 144 



Death, of H.R.H. the Duke of Albany, 

 171 ; of Mr. George Ransom, 85 

 note ; of the Major do Cortume, 100 



Decimal system, note on, 300 



Delays, at funeral, 102 ; by ox-carts, 

 28, 39, 124, 125, 126 ; postal service, 

 44, 48; railways, 30, 31, 32, 42; 

 theatres, 46 ; in transmitting letters, 

 77 ; luggage, 80 



Delinquencies, postal, 49, 146, 167 



Deluges, tropical, 96. Vide Thunder- 

 storms and Weather 



Dermaptera(0rthoptera}, notes on, 402; 

 cockroaches, 403 ; locusts and grass- 

 hoppers, 403 



Dinner in camp, 85, 108 



Diptera, 91 



Disregard of time by natives, 30, 39, 

 83. Vide Delays 



Divides, or watersheds, 170, 411, 423 ; 

 of the Rio Para, 74 ; near Serra do 

 Gortume, 78, 79 



Dixie, Lady Florence, at Tijuca, 223 



Dog, a thin, 21 1 ; our dogs, 53, 108, 



"3 



Dress, anginhos (little angels); 159; 

 boys, 129; men, 43, 62, 175? mourn- 

 ing, 105, 106; women, 62, 175 ; old 

 women, 116 



Drying clothes, 133 



Dry season in Minas Geraes, 28. Vide 

 Weather 



Dust coats, 25, 43 



Earwigs, 109 



Edentates, note on, 352 ; ant-eaters, 

 species of, 352 ; armadillos, species 

 of, 353; sloths, species of, 356; bicho 

 do Embaiiba, 357 note 

 Effect of the rains on work, 1 21 

 Eggs, 30, 61, 79, 161 ; cost of, 81 

 Electric light on board Cotopaxi, 7 



Emigrants, 7, 8, 251 ; singing of, 14. 



Vide Immigration 

 Emperor of Brazil, H.M. the, 22, 165, 



191, 235, 291, 292, 295 

 Engineer, fiscal, of Minas Geraes, 148, 



152 



Engineering, difficulties, 424 ; experi- 

 ences, 35, 39, 42; feats, 25, 215; 

 in the rain, 29, 121, 131 ; railway 

 exploration, 31, 35, 42, 66, 73, 77, 

 170, 171 ; scheme of our railway, 

 170; plans and drawings, 85, 148, 

 151, 1 70 ; passed by the President, 

 156; completion of outdoor work, 



139, 171 



Entre Rios (Brumado), Cidade de, 35, 

 36, 41 ; beef, 148 ; chapel, 146 ; 

 church, 145, 150 ; description of 

 town and principal inhabitants, 149 ; 

 foreign musicians, 154 ; foreign ped- 

 lars, 153 ; Grand Hotel, 150; house 

 hire, 141 ; my house and garden, 

 141, 142; Hotel Entre Riano, 140; 

 huts of the poor, 150, 151 ; kids, 

 148; luxuriant vegetation, 151 ; Missa 

 cantata, 146 ; main street, 145 ; mo- 

 notonous life. 173; my guests, 161, 

 1 66; our office, the chief's house and 

 garden, 147 ; post-office, 146 ; care- 

 lessness at, 146; railway time-table 

 (proposed), 151; shops or stores, 142 



Epiphany in camp, 129 



Espirito Santo (coast of), 18, 241 



Evolution theory, article on* 379 ; Mr. 

 W. C. Hewitson and Mr. R. Trimen, 

 379 ; objection to the theory, 380 ; 

 harmony between revelation and na- 

 ture, 380 ; the reason of conflicting 

 opinions, 380; unity in variety, 381 ; 

 evolution does not account for phe- 

 nomena, 381 ; degeneration, 381, 382; 

 man and his capabilities, 382 ; the 

 true object in studying nature, 383 ; 

 Dr. Vianna de Lima's book, 383 note 



Exports from Minas Geraes, 61 ; coffee, 

 210 ; from Minas, 262 



Exposed rocks, 79. Vide Waterfalls 



