442 



INDEX. 



Roberts, Mr. Richard, my partner, 96, 



99, 107, in, 113, 114, 116, 127, 135, 



141, 146, 148, 149 

 Ross, Mr. Leathom Earle, our chief, 



107, 127 ; hospitality, 148, 172 note, 



208 

 Rum, native. Vide Cacha9a 



Sao Amaro. Vide Villages 



Sao Antonio dos Patos (city), 152, 270 



Sao Caetano. Vide Villages 



Sao Joao del Rey, exports to, 72. Vide 



also Railways 

 St. Paul's Rocks, 17 

 St. Vincent (Cape Verd Islands), 248 ; 



quarantine, market-boats, diving 



boys, fish, 248 ; cost of water, 249 ; 



Sao Antonio, 249 

 Salt imported, 61 

 Sarsaparilla, 421 

 Scenery, 54, 90 ; Bay of Botafogo, 1 86 ; 



Bay of Rio de Janeiro, 19, 213, 224 ; 



Dom Pedro II. Railway, 24, 43 ; 



Paraopeba, 33 ; Rio do Cortume, 



97, 98 



Scorpion, 82 

 Sea currents, 1 8 

 Seclusion of women, 38, 56 

 Self-indicating lead, 2 

 Sermons. Vide Religion 

 Serra dos Olhos d'Agua (village), 35, 



41 



Serras (Mountains) : Serra do Cor- 

 tume, 50, 77, 170; description of 

 sketches, 411 ; da Mantiqueira, 25, 

 260 ; dos Orgaos. Vide Organ 

 Mountains. See also Mountain ranges, 

 260 



Sexes separated in church, 80 



Sharks, 15, 246 



Sheep-cart, 56 



Shells collected at Botafogo, 368 



Shops in Minas Geraes, 33, 142, 149 



Singing of emigrants, 14 



Silver's canteen, 77 



Sketches of Serra do Cortume, de^ 

 scription of, 411 



Slavery, note on, 281 ; the law of free 

 birth, 281; Emancipation Fund, 281, 

 283, 284 ; cost of slaves, 281 ; law 

 of 1831, 281, 283; liberation of 

 slaves, 284 ; treatment of slaves, 

 285 ; results of Socialistic teaching, 

 285 ; abolitionism, 287 ; abolition in 

 Ceara, 287, 311 note; in Amazonas, 

 288 ; free labour, 288; Dantas Cabinet, 

 289 ; Emancipation Bill, 289 ; eulogy 

 in daily papers, 290 ; Dr. J. Nabuco, 

 290 ; dissolution of the Chambers, 

 291 ; Times leaders, 292, 294 ; Mr. 

 Walter Hammond, 292 ; New Parlia- 

 ment, the Emperor's speech, 292, 

 295 ; Saraiva Cabinet, 293 ; his Bill, 

 294 ; Chevalier Correa de Souza, 

 294 ; number of slaves in Brazil, 294 ; 

 Dr. Ferreira Fra^a, 295 ; Cotegipe 

 Cabinet, 296 ; Emancipation Bill 

 passed, 296 



Slaves, 58, 136 ; allotments given to, 

 116 ; gradual emancipation, 115, 116 ; 

 singing, 116 ; Sunday work of, 155 



Small-pox, 78, 79, 83 



Snails, note on, 368 



Snakes, 31, 38, 70, 125 ; cure for bites, 

 28 ; dangerous species, 366 ; note 

 on, 365 



Sounding at sea, off Land's End, 2 ; off 

 Brazil, 18 



Southern constellations, 95, 169 



Southern latitudes colder than northern, 



IS 



Spiders (Aracknida), note on, 406 



Spinning, 137, 144 



Spring-time, cold weather, 97, 108 ; 



on the Campos, 95 ; flowers, 98 ; 



vegetation, rapid growth, 108. Vide 



Weather 



Steam-steering apparatus, 6 

 Steamy heat, 122, 135 

 Study of an interior, 113 

 Suassuhy, 35, 37, 178 



