436 



INDEX. 



H 



Hair cutting, 113 



Hanging birds'-nests, 59 ; note on, 359 

 Hargreaves, Senhor, 27, 28, 179 

 Health affected by rainy season, 128, 



141 



Healthiness of climate (Minas), 27 

 Hector, Mr. William, 211 

 Hemiptera, list of, collected, 405 

 Hills (morros), Rio de Janeiro, 207, 212 

 Hill of Pedra Branca, 50, 74 

 Hoffmann, Mr. Robert G., 211 

 Homoptera, list of, collected, 404 

 Honey bees, use of resin by, 90. Vide 



Hymenoptera 

 Hornets, 28 



Hospitality in Minas Engineers at 

 Queluz, 27; fazendeiros, 38, 51, 52, 

 56, 58, 60, 64, 65, 70, 71, 97, 101, 

 1 02 ; Sr. Hargreaves, 27, 28 ; Sr. 

 Joao Baptista, q.v. ; priests, 63, 68 ; 

 poor natives, 76 ; sermon on, 63 

 Hostility to railway, 81, 168 

 Hotels : Brumado, 140 ; Carandahy, 

 25, 32; Lafayette (Queluz), 179; 

 Paraopeba, 30, 32, 75 ; Rio de 

 Janeiro, 24, 46, 182 (Carson's). 

 House construction, 33 

 House hire, cost of, 30, 141 

 Humming birds, 75 ; notes on, 360, 363 

 Hymenoptera, notes on : Highest orders 

 of insects, 399 ; bees and wasps, 399 ; 

 ants, 400 



Idleness of natives, 42, 43. Vide In- 

 dolence 



Illegal proceedings of Government, 188 



Immigration, 134, 307 note 



Importation of food, 42, 61 



Indians, 65 ; wild, 70 



Indigo, 145, 421 



Indolence of natives, 122, 123, 134, 

 147. Vide Delays 



Inflamed scratches, 128, 141 



Inn, at Serra, 36 ; Camapuao, 125 



Insects in spring, 95. 



Insects. Vide Ants, Beetles, Butter- 

 flies, Moths, etc. 



Insinuations, 161 



Intense heat, 1 1 1 



Intermarriage within prohibited degrees, 

 143, 192 



Invitation to funeral, 101 



Ipecacuanha, derivation of name, 421 



Iron trunks, value of, in wet season, 126 



Islands : Abrolhos, 18 ; Canary, 13, 

 14, 250 ; Gran Canaria, 13, 14, 250 ; 

 emigrants, 251 ; Canary wine, 251 ; 

 Cape Verd, 15, 250 ; weird appear- 

 ance, 248 ; S. Antonio, 249 ; Falk- 

 land, 15, 16; S. Paul's Rocks, 17; 

 Fernando de Noronha, 18, 124 ; note 

 on, 272 ; Una do Governador (bay of 

 Rio), 198, 213 



Italians, 53, 123, 179; musicians, 154; 

 priests, 53 



Jacu (bird), 81, 361 

 Jiggers, 38, 144, 191 ; note on, 409 

 Joao Baptista de Oliveira e Souza, 

 Senhor, 36, 50, 148, 150, 152, 171, 

 174 ; disinterestedness, 153 ; his 

 family, 143; his house, 150, 154; 

 hospitality, 41, 74, 140, 142, 153, 

 154; makes butter, 172 ; present to, 



83 



Joao de Barro (bird), 59, 359 

 Joaquim Goncalves de Souza, Sr., 126, 



136 ; his fazenda, 136 

 Joaquim Ribeiro de Oliveira, Senhor, 



142, 156; his daughter, a splendid 



musician, 143, 147 ; hospitality, 152 

 Joscelino Pacheco de Souza, Senhor, 



136, M9 

 Juiz de Fora (city), 143 



K 



"Kill the worm," 84 

 Killing cattle on board, 17 

 Knives, native, 60 



