CONTENTS 



CHAFfEB PAOE 



I. THE STAKT ... . . 1 



II. UP THE PAKAGUAY • - 37 



III. A JAGUAR-HUNT ON THE TAQUARY 60 



IV. THE HEADWATERS OF THE PARAGUAY 92 

 V. UP THE RIVER OF TAPIRS - 127 



VI. THROUGH THE HIGHLAND WILDERNESS OF WESTERN BRAZIL 161 

 VII. WITH A MULE-TRAIN ACROSS NHAMBIQUARA LAND 195 

 VIII. THE RIVER OF DOUBT - 233 

 IX. DOWN AN UNKNOWN RIVER INTO THE EQUATORIAL FOREST 271 

 X. TO THE AMAZON AND HOME ; ZOOLOGICAL AND GEO- 

 GRAPHICAL RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION - 309 



APPENDICES : 



A. THE WORK OF THE FIELD ZOOLOGIST AND FIELD 



GEOGRAPHER IN SOUTH AMERICA - 331 



B. THE OUTFIT FOR TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH 



AMERICAN WILDERNESS - - 342 



C. MY LETTER OF MAY 1 TO GENERAL LAURO MULLER 360 

 INDEX - . . _ 365 



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