CONTENTS 



CHAFTEE PACE 



I. The Start i 



II. Up the Paraguay 39 



III. A Jaguar-Hunt on the Taquary . . 64 



IV. The Headwaters of the Paraguay . 98 



V. Up the River of Tapirs 136 



VI. Through the Highland Wilderness of 



Western Brazil 172 



VII. With a Mule-Train Across Nhambi- 



QUARA Land 208 



Vni. The River of Doubt 249 



IX. Down an Unknown River into the 



Equatorial Forest 290 



X. To the Amazon and Home; Zoological 

 AND Geographical Results of the 

 Expedition 330 



Appendices — 



A. The Work of the Field Zo- 

 ologist AND Field Geographer 



IN South America . . . -353 



B. The Outfit for Travelling in 



THE South American Wilderness 368 



C. My Letter of May i to Gen- 

 eral Lauro Muller • • • 393 



Index 397 



