INDEX 



375 



Capricorn, Tropic of, 39. 



Capybaras, or tapirs, 78, 80, 83, 85, 86, 



87, 107, 113. 

 Cardozo, Captain, 1 54. 

 Caripe, Senhor, 328; his stories of 



rubber-workers, 329, 331, 332, 



333- 



"Carregadores," 186, 250, 280, 281. 



Cartucho, the puppy, 186, 187. 



Carvings, rock, 292. 



"Cashada," the Brazilian name for 

 peccary, 141, 144. 



Castanho, the, 316, 317, 318, 330. 



Cataracts, 311. 



Catfish, 311. 



Cattle, 70; jaguars attack, 83; brand- 

 ing of, 92, 93; regions of extraordi- 

 nary possibilities for raising, 119, 

 122, 151. 



Caymans, 39, 52, 53, 57, 58; jacares, 

 usual name for, 64, 65; interesting 

 incident of truculence of, 85, 86; 

 astonishing tameness of, no, 312. 



Centiped, 302. 



Chaco, the, 39, 40. 



Chapadao, 210, 229, 231, 233, 338. 



Chapman, Frank, 2, 3. 



Chasm, a, 299, 300. 



Cherrie, George K., 3, 5, 9, 39, 61, 96, 

 99, 100, 148; good citizenship of, 

 152; good work done by, 161; 162, 

 168; widely varied experiences of, 

 179, 180; 183, 199, 203, 205, 209, 212, 

 213, 222; interesting tales told by, 

 223; 229, 234, 241, 249, 256, 259, 

 271, 273, 275; home life of, 286; 

 helpfulness of, 297; 302, 304, 308, 

 312, 319, 320, 329; piranha attacks, 

 331; friendship inspired by, 333; 337, 



338, 346. 

 Cherrie River, 294. 

 Chile, 9. 

 Cicadas, 63, 64. 

 Climate, difficulties of working in a 



damp, 201, 202. 

 Clothing, Appendix B, 354, 359, 364, 



365- 

 Coati, 47, no, in. 

 Coimbra, 58, 59. 



Coloration, advertising, of birds, 36, 

 287; theories concerning concealing, 

 97; concealing, not universal among 

 big game, 118, 119, 123, 124, 125; 

 coral-snake possesses revealing, 249; 

 examples of protective, 250, 257. 



Compass, necessity for a, 158, 175; 

 Appendix B, 367. 



Concepcion, 40, 41, 43, 45; visit to 

 barracks at, 46; breakfast at City 

 Hall at, 47. 



Cooking, 155; equipment for. Ap- 

 pendix B, 359, 362. 



Correa, Antonio, 272, 273, 288, 291, 

 294,316. 



Corumba, 9, 60, 61, 62, 63; arrival at, 

 94; 119, 327. 



Cougar, or puma, 26, 27, 28; man at- 

 tacked by, 29, 30, 31, 53; 122, 123; 

 deer preyed on by, 175. 



Craveiro, Pedrinho, 290, 304. 



Crops, 39, 326. 



Cruz, Doctor, 41. 



Cuyaba River, 98; party leaves the, 

 109; 119. 



Da Cunha, Commander, 85. 



Dance, an Indian, 200, 201; Nham- 



biquara, 219, 235. 

 Darwin, his "Voyage of the Beagle," 



345; 348, 352. 



Deer, bush, iii, 136, 137, 138, 150. 



Deer, marsh, 76, 97; revealing color- 

 ation of, 118. 



Deer, pampas, 175, 177. 



Deer, whitetail, in, 112, 118. 



Dipper, the, 320. 



Diseases, 197, 198. 



Ditmars, R. L., 18. 



Dogs, 65, 74, 77, 80, 105, 106, 113, 114; 

 jaguar hunt exhausts, 115; need for 

 good, 115; worthlessness of the, 136; 

 custom of gelding hunting, 151; 

 heat tries, 213. 



Ducks, muscovy, 49; tree, 121. 



Duffel-bags, Appendix B, 358, 359. 



Easter Sunday, 314. 

 Education, need of, 151, 152. 



