440 



INDEX. 



Poisoned fish, 71 



Politics, 61, 167, 293, 296; fall of 

 Lafayette Ministry, 188 ; Senhor 

 Dantas, 191. Vide Slavery 



Ponchos, 55, 25, 120, 177 



Pork, 36, 57, 61 ; a 1'Anglaise, 148; 

 cost of, 82 



Porridge (oatmeal), 172; Indian corn, 

 172 



Portuguese, money, 10 ; white wine in 

 Brazil, 36, 85 ; cost of, 81 



Postage-stamps, use for old, 89 



Post-office, delays, 44, 48 ; delinquen- 

 cies, 49, 146, 167; postman, .178 



Potatoes, 89, 134, 138, 418 ; new, 148 ; 

 sweet, 418 



Practical joke, a, 253 



Presents from poor natives, 79, 84, 92 



Preserved English soups, 76, 128 



Prickly heat, 128 



Priests, 36, 53, 104; Cajuru, 63, 71; 

 Sao Amaro, 80 ; Sao Gonalo do 

 Para, 66, 69 ; hardworking, 68, 69 ; 

 libraries, 63, 69 ; Padre Antonio, 84, 

 I 54. I S7 !63, 166; Padre Francisco, 

 105, 152 ; Padre Pinto, 135, 156, 

 167, 174, 176 



Processions. Vide Religion 



Prospects of trade in the interior, 60 



Protective colouring and mimicry, 185 ; 

 article on, 384 ; butterflies and moths, 

 384 ; beetles, 386 ; grasshoppers and 

 Phasmida, 387 ; theory, 387 



Psychical Research Society, a case for, 

 119 note. 



Public assassination at Rio, 190 



Public gardens, Lisbon, 10 ; at Rio, 

 Passeio Publico, 21, 199, 237 ; Largo 

 da Constitui5ao, 21 ; Parque da 

 Acclamafao, 238 



Pullman cars, 24 



Pumas, 28 



Queen Victoria, H.B.M., 115, 171 

 Queluz de Minas, 27, 124, 179; 



baptisms, 27 ; Sr. Hargreaves, 27, 

 28, 179 ; hospitality, 27 ; marriages, 

 27 ; Mass, 27 

 Quince, 61, 134, 418 



R 



Railway, exploration, 31, 35, 42, 66, 

 73> 77> I 7> proposed line under 

 Bay of Rio, 192 ; time-table to Entre 

 Rios, 151 



Railways, Brazilian, Mr. Walter Ham- 

 mond's letter on, 175 

 Railways: Dom Pedro 77. , 24, 151, 



179, 268, 425 ; construction, 25, 



26, 30; delays, 30, 31, 32, 42; 



dust, 25 ; Mantiqueira range, 25 ; 



Pullman cars, 24 ; scenery, 24, 43 

 Sdojodo del Rey (Oeste de Minas), 



61, 269 ; objected to our route, 



152,271 

 Petropolis (Principe do Grao Para), 



213, 214, 423, 424 

 Leopoldina, 270 

 Minas and Rio, 270 

 Ouro Pretana, 28, 269 

 Corcovado, 205, 212, 424 

 Piano Indinado (Sta. Theresa), 45, 



225 



Rainy season, commencement of, 89; 

 in camp, 130; effect on health, 128, 

 141; floods, 132; rivers unpassable, 

 124; roads unpassable, 136; 

 temperature of, 89. Vide Weather 

 Ransom, Mr. George, hospitality of, 



85, 86, 90 ; his death, 85 note 

 Rattlesnakes, 28. Vide Snakes 

 Rebou9as, Dr. Andre, 20, 25, 26 27, 



30, 85, 118, 148, 150 

 Religion, article on, 275 ; the Eucha- 

 rist, 276 ; celibacy of the clergy, 276 ; 

 invocation and cult of saints, 277 > 

 indulgences, 278 ; prohibition to read 

 the Bible, 278 ; Protestant zeal, 279 ; 

 the Atonement, 279 ; Formalism 

 and Rationalism, 279 ; plea for 

 charitable views, 280 



