TO 



H. E. LAUEO MULLEB 



SECBETABT OF FOBEIGN AFFAIRS FOB BRAZIL, AND TO HIS 

 GOVERNMENTAL COLLEAGUES 



AND TO 



COLONEL RONDON 



GALLANT OFFICER, HIGH-UINDED GENTLEMAN, AND INTREPID EXPLORER 

 AND TO BIS ASSISTANTa 



CAPTAIN AMILCAB, LIEUTENANT LTKA, UJJUTENAJSTT MELLO, 



UEUTENANT LAUKIADO, AND DOCTOR CAJAZEIKA, OF 



THE BRAZILIAN ARMY, AND EUSEBIO OUVEIRA 



OUR COMPANIONS IN SCIENTIFIC WORK AND IN THE EXPLORATION 

 OF THE WILDERNESS 



THIS BOOK 



IS INSCRIBED, WITH ESTEEM, REGARD, AND AFFECTION 

 BY THEIR FRIEND 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



