

THE MINERVA LIBRARY OF FAMOUS BOOKS. 



Edited by G. T. BETTANY, M.A., B.Sc. 



A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS 



ON THE 



AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO, 



WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVE TRIBES, 



AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, AND NATURAL 

 HISTORY OF THE AMAZON VALLEY. 



BY 



ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE, LL.D., 



Author of "The Malay Archipelago" "Darwinism," etc., etc. 





HllS" 



WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR. 3 / I 



SECOND EDITION. 



WARD, LOCK AND CO., 



LONDON, NEW YORK, AND MELBOURNE 



1889. 



