YOYAGE UP THE GeEAT RiVEK. 619 



miles, you will discover the marvelous wealth of tropical 

 vegetation, and make your first acquaintance with the 

 King of Rivers. The steamer stops frequently, and four 

 or five hours on the average at each place. The principal 

 points of interest are busy Breves, the enchanting channel 

 of Tajapuru, the table-hills of Almeirim, the romantic port 

 of Monte Alegre, stately Santarem, picturesque Obidos, 

 and enterprising Serpa. A TpSiSsahlefbnda has been open- 

 ed close by the landing. Do not fail to have a row on 

 the Rio Negro, and to visit the cascade in the forest.'^ 

 September 12 you will embark on the beautiful " Ica- 

 miaba" (well deserving the praises of Bates and Agassiz), 

 and enjoy another charming voyage of a thousand miles. 

 Fare, $45 ; time, six or eight days, according to freight. 

 The most important places on the Middle Amazons are 

 Ega (the half-way station across the continent), Fonte Boa, 

 and San Paulo. Tabatinga, the terminus of this voyage, is 

 the frontier-fortress of Brazil. Here you exchange steam- 

 ers, taking the Peruvian "Morona" or "Pastassa," which 

 will leave Tabatinga for Yuriraaguas, on the Huallaga, 

 September 21 ; fai-e, $70. The steamer runs only in the 

 day-time, and stops at numerous points, so that you will 

 have a fine opportunity of studying the wild exuberance 

 of nature on the Upper Amazons, where the forest is more 

 magnificent than lower down. The places of chief inter- 

 est are Maucallacta, Iquitos, Nauta, and San Regis. At 

 Iquitos, an enterprising village of two thousand souls, the 



* An occasional steamer leaves Para for San Antonio, on the Madeira, 434- 

 leagues ; time, nine days. A monthly steamer leaves Manaos for San Anto- 

 nio, the 27th ; fare, $50. Thence by canoe to Trinidad, 185 leagues ; 62 

 days. From Trinidad to Santa Cruz by canoe, 190 leagues. Santa Cruz 

 to Cochabamba by beast, 119 leagues. Cochabamba to La Paz by beast, 

 80 leagues. La Paz to Puno by beast and steamer, 50 leagues. Puno to 

 Mollendo by railway, 340 miles. A steamer leaves Manaos for San Isabel, 

 on the Rio Negro, the 1st of every other month. Steamers for the Funis 

 and Jui-ua leave the 11th and 20th ; fare to the terminus on each, $60. 



