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INDEX 



Egan, Maurice Francis, i. 



Electric flashlight, Appendix B, 365, 

 366. 



Enoerey, the god, 204. 



Equipment, 5, 6, 209, 210; compass 

 a necessary part of, 158, 175; for 

 trip down unknown river, 241; 

 blankets a necessary of, 298; Colo- 

 nel Roosevelt's suggestion for, 

 Appendix B, 353, 354; Fiala's sug- 

 gestion for, 354-369. 



Evangalista, Miguel, 236, 237. 



Expedition, the, origin of, i; members 

 of, 3, 4, S; ground to be covered by, 

 6, 7, 8; scientific character of, 26; 

 arrival of Brazilian members of, 49, 

 50, 51; division of the, 166; primary 

 purpose of, 182; official title of, 182, 

 183; individual work done by mem- 

 bers of, 183; begin difficult part of, 

 203; final division of belongings and 

 members of, 240, 241; perilous state 

 of, 306; a good doctor essential on, 

 309; ill health of members of, 314; 

 a red-letter 'day for, 315; no longer 

 fear of disaster to, 319; complete 

 zoological success of, 338; most im- 

 portant work done by, 338. 



Explorers, dangers to pioneer, 53, 154, 

 171-173; work of Brazilian, 212; 

 disasters to parties of, 301; much 

 work in South America for. Appen- 

 dix A, 343, 346; need for accuracy 

 and common sense in writings of, 

 347, 348, 349; note, 348; useful ar- 

 ticles which should always be car- 

 ried by, 363, 364. 



Farrabee, Professor, 172, 337, 338, 



Appendix A, 346. 

 Fauna, 7; pleistocene, 26, 27; bird, 68; 



mammalian, 68; South America 



rich in bird, 108; an interesting, 213; 



extinct South American, Appendix 



A, 3Si»352. 

 Fazendas, 157, 158. 

 Fazendeiros, 134, 144. 

 Ferry, the, 188. 



Fiala, Anthony, 4, 5, 9; outfit as- 

 sembled by, 62; takes moving pic- 

 ture, 107; efficiency of, 161; 166, 

 179, 183, 203; loses baggage and 

 provisions, 215; rations chosen by, 

 287; goes home, 331; his suggestions 

 for equipment and provisions, Ap- 

 pendix B, 354-369. 



Fish, best hooks and rods for, Ap- 

 pendix B, 364. 



Fishing stick, 273. 



Flies, horse, 126, 253; pium, 184, 253; 

 polvora, 253; boroshuda, 253; berni, 

 146, 147, 224. 



Floating islands, 336. 



"Fly-dope," 253, Appendix B, 354. 



Flying-fish, 285. 



Food, 181; oxen for, 204, 233; 242; 

 monkeys as, 249; economizing, 265; 

 palm-tops used for, 274; shortage 

 of, 287; country furnishes scant 

 supply of, 287, 288; toucan and par- 

 rots as, 291; high prices for, 322; 

 vegetables and fruits raised by set- 

 tlers for, 323; Appendix B, 359; 

 itemized list of, 360, 361. 



Football, extraordinary game of, 192, 



193- 



Forage, scarcity of, 209, 210, 222, 226, 

 227. 



Forests, 7, 58, 68, 132, 133; multitudes 

 of insects inhabit, 147; 173, 174; 

 absolute necessity for a compass in, 

 158, 175; 210, 245; difficulty of 

 hunting in, 260; 265, 266, 297. 



Fort Bourbon, 55. 



Franca, the cook, ghostly belief of, 305. 



Franco, Ricardo, 183, 184, 214. 



Frogs, peculiar cries of, 205, 230. 



Fungi, 164. 



Game, big, inadequate knowledge of 



life histories of, 116. 

 Gauchos, 92, 93. 

 Geographer, work of field, in South 



America, Appendix A, 343, 346. 

 Geological structure of land, 23 1, 232. 

 GofF, Johnny, 115. 

 Gopher rat, 239, 240. 



