CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PARA. 



Arrival at Pari — Appearance of the city and 

 its environs — The inhabitants and their 

 costumes — Vegetation — Sensitive plants 

 —Lizards — Ants and other insects — Birds 

 —Climate— Food of the inhabitants i 



CHAPTER II. 



Festas — Portuguese and Brazilian currency 

 — M. Borlaz' estate— Walk to the rice- 

 mills — The virgin forest, its plants and 

 insects — Milk-tree — Saw and rice-mills — 

 Caripe or pottery-tree — India-rubber-tree 

 — Flowers and trees in blossom— Sailba 

 ants, wasps, and chegoes — Journey by 

 water to Magoary — The monkeys — The 

 commandante at Laranjeiras — Vampire 

 bats — The timber-trade — Boa constrictor 

 and sloth 13 



CHAPTER III. 



THE TOCANTINS. 



Canoe, stores, and crew — River Moju — 

 Igaripe Miri — Cameta— Senhor Gomez 

 and his establishment — Search for a din- 

 ner — Jambouassu — Polite letter — Baiao 

 and its inhabitants — A swarm of wasps- 

 Enter the rocky district — The Mutuca — 

 Difficulty of getting men — A village with- 

 out houses — Catching an alligator — Duck- 

 shooting — Aroyas, and the Falls — A noc- 

 turnal concert — Blue macaws — Turtles' 

 eggs— A slight accident — Capabilities of 

 the country — Return to Para 35 



CHAPTER IV. 



MEXIANA AND MARAJO. 



Visit to Olen'a— Habits of birds— Voyage 

 to Mexiana — Arrival — Birds — Description 

 of the island— Population— Slaves, their 



treatment and habits— Journey to the 

 Lake— Beautiful stream — Fish and birds 

 at the lake — Catching alligators — 

 Strange sounds, and abundance of ani- 

 mal life — Walk back — Jaguar meat — Visit 

 to Jungcal in Marajd — Embarking cattle 

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CHAPTER V. 



THE GUAMA AND CAPIM RIVERS. 



Natterer's hunter, Luiz — Birds and insects 

 — Prepare for a journey — First sight of 

 the Piroroco — St. Domingo — Senhor 

 Calistro — Slaves and slavery — Anecdote 

 — Cane-field — Journey into the forest — 

 Game — Explanation of the Piroroco — 

 Return to Para — Bell-birds and yellow 

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CHAPTER VI. 



SANTAREM AND MONTEALEGRE. 



Leave Para — Enter the Amazon — Its pecu- 

 liar features — Arrive at Santarem — The 

 town and its inhabitants — Voyage to Mon- 

 tealegre — Mosquito plague and its remedy 

 — Journey to the Serras — A cattle estate — 

 Rocks, picture writings, and cave — The 

 Victoria regia. — Mandiocca fields — A festa 

 — Return to Santarem — Beautiful insects 

 — Curious tidal phenomenon — Leave 

 Santarem — Obydos — Villa Nova — A kind 

 priest — Serpa — Christmas Day on the 

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CHAPTER VII. 



BARRA DO RIO NEGRO AND THE SOLIMOES. 



Appearance of the Rio Negro— The city of 

 Barra, its trade and its inhabitants — 

 Journey up the Rio Negro — The Lingoa 

 Geral — The umbrella bird — Mode of life 

 of the Indians — Return to Barra — 

 Strangers in the city — Visit to the 

 SolimSes — The Gapo — Manaquery — 



