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divisiou of belongings and mem- 

 bers ofj 231, 232 ; penlous state of, 

 294; a good doctor essential ou, 

 297 ; ill health of members of, 302 ; 

 a red-letter day for, 303 ; no longer 

 fear of disaster to, 306 ; complete 

 zoological success of, 325 ; most 

 important work done by, 325 

 Explorers, dangers to pioneer, 52, 

 148, 165-167 ; work of Brazilian, 

 203 ; disasters to parties of, 289 ; 

 much work in South America for. 

 Appendix A, 331, 334 ; need for 

 accuracy and common - sense in 

 writings of, 335, 336, 337; note, 

 337 ; useful articles which should 

 always be carried by, 362, 353 



Farrabee, Professor, 166, 325 ; Ap- 

 pendix A, 334 



Fauna, 7 ; pleistocene, 26 ; bird, 66 ; 

 mammalian, 66 ; South America 

 rich in bird, 104 ; an interesting, 

 204 ; extinct South American, Ap- 

 pendix A, 340, 341 



Fazendas, 151, 152 



Fazendeiros, 129, 138 



Ferry, the, 181 



Fiala, Anthony, 4, 5, 9 ; outiit as- 

 sembled by, 60 ; takes moving pic- 

 ture, 104 ; efficiency of, 155, 169, 

 172, 176, 195 ; loses baggage and 

 provisions, 207 ; rations chosen by, 

 276 ; goes home, 319 ; his sugges- 

 tions for equipment and provisions. 

 Appendix B, 343-359 



Fish, best hooks and rods for. Ap- 

 pendix B, 353 



Fishing stick, 262 



Flies, horse, 122, 242 ; pium, 178, 

 242 ; polvora, 242 ; boroshuda, 242 ; 

 berni, 141, 216 



Floating islands, 323 



"Fly-dope," 242 ; Appendix B, 343 



Flying-fish, 274 



Food, 174 ; oxen for, 196, 224, 232 ; 

 monkeys as, 239 ; economizing, 254 ; 

 palm-tops used for, 263 ; shortage 

 of, 276 ; country furnishes scant 

 supply of, 276, 277 ; toucan and 

 parrots as, 280; high prices for, 

 310 ; vegetables and fruits raised 

 by settlers for, 311 ; Appendix B, 

 348 ; itemized list of, 350, 361 



Football, extraordinary game of, 185, 

 186 



Forage, scarcity of, 201, 202, 217, 

 218 



Forests, 7, 56, 66, 127, 128; multi- 

 tudes of insects inhabit, 141, 167, 

 168 ; absolute necessity for a com- 

 pass in, 152, 169, 202, 235 ; diffi- 

 culty of hunting in, 249, 254, 255, 

 285 



Fort Bourbon, 54 



Franca, the cook, ghostly belief of, 

 293 



Franco, Ricardo, 177, 206 



Frogs, peculiar cries of, 197, 221 



Fungi, 157 



Game, big, inadequate knowledge of 

 life histories of, 112 



Gauchos, 89 



Geographer, work of field, in South 

 America, Appendix A, 331, 334 



Geological structure of land, 222, 223 



GoflF, Johnny, 111 



Gopher rat, 230 



Graves, forlorn, 190, 197, 216 



(luapore, the, 177 



Guaran^, 42, 43 



Guiana, 325 



Gy-Parana, the, 125, 126 ; descent of 

 the, 148 ; boat, men, and pro- 

 visions lost ascending the, 149, 231, 

 253, 254, 325 



Hammocks, Appendix B, 342, 346 



Harper, Frank, 4, 6, 156 ; specimens 

 and unnecessary baggage returned 

 to New York in care of, 159 



Haseman, John D., 166, Appendix A, 

 335, 336 ; theories of, 337, 338 



Headball, 186, 186, 191 



Head-nets, 206, 218 



Herford, Oliver, nonsense rhymes of, 

 185 



Hoehne, the botanist, 161 



Honey, 246 



Honey-creeper, 222 



Horses, 66, 72 ; curious relations of 

 tapirs and, 137 



Houses, native, 206, 229, 230 



Huatsui, camp at, 199 



Hudson, Mr., author of ''Naturalist 

 on the Plata," 27, 32, 81 ; Appen- 

 dix A, 333 



Huguen, Marcelino, 29 



Humboldt, 333 



Hunters, native, 73 ; one christened 

 "Nips," 73 ; curious ignorance re- 



