DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES 



IN 



THE FIRST VOLUME. 



VILLA VELHA Frontispiece. 



A village consisting of scattered houses, a league to the 

 south-west of the Villa do Rio de Contas in the interior of 

 the capitania of Bahia. The grotesque mica-slate moun- 

 tain, Serra do Rio de Contas, or de Brumado, forms the 

 back-ground of this luxuriant landscape. In the fore- 

 ground are palms, calabash and gum anime trees (Carica, 

 Papaja, and Hymenea Courbaril); and negro Haves are 

 employed in gathering cotton. 



A BOTOCUDO and A COROADO ...... To face page 143. 



We are obliged to His Serene Highness Prince Maximilian 



of Neuwied for this portrait of a Botocudo. 

 The Coroado is the portrait of our attendant, Custodio, who 



accompanied us on a great part of our journey through 



the interior. See Vol. II. page 264. 



MANDIOCCA To face page 2SS. 



The farm of M. Von LangsdorfF at the foot of the Serra de 

 Estrella, the continuation of the Serra dos Orgaos ; on the 

 north side of the bay of Rio de Janeiro, and on the road 

 to Villa Rica, the capital of the capitania of Minas 

 Geraes. 



