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INDEX 



Marques, Senhor Joao da Costa, 97 ; 

 noteworthy family of, 99 



Marsh, difficult swim across, 110 



Marsh plants, 101, 110 



Matte, 44, 174 ; Appendix B, 351 



Matto Grosso, 8, 97 ; largest ranch- 

 house in, 106, 124, 126 ; future 

 possibilities of interior of, 146, 147 ; 

 beginnings of province of, 177, 

 327 



McLean, Mr., 117 



Meat, Appendix B, 349, 360 



Medicines, Appendix B, 343 



Mello Filho, Lieutenant Joaquin, 49, 

 170, 195, 219, 231 



Merriam, Hart, 79 



Mess-kit, Appendix B, 352 



Mice, new varieties of, 105 



Miller, Leo E., 3, 6, 9, 38, 40, 60, 61, 

 69, 92, 96 ; good work done by, 

 156, 166, 162, 174, 176, 192, 195, 

 197, 200, 204, 213 ; interesting 

 tales told by, 214, 220, 221, 225, 

 230, 231, 319 ; rejoins party, 321, 

 323, 324, 325 ; Appendix A, 334 



Monkeys, black howler, 102, 107," 

 109; nocturnal, 114; 117, 229, 

 237; flesh of, good eating, 239, 

 285 ; fish eats, 299, 324 



Montes, Captain Vicente, 30 



Montevideo, 13 



Moreno, Doctor Francisco P., 25 ; 

 extraordinary discoveries of, 25, 

 26, 27; puma attacks, 28, 29; 

 Appendix A, 340, 341 



Mosquito-bars, 218 



Mosquitoes, 96, 97, 107, 110, 116; 

 few, 152; absence of, 176, 219, 

 309 



Motoi's, Appendix B, 345 



Motor-trucks, 170, 174 



Mountains, 283, 284 



Mules, pack, 164, 163 ; weather ex- 

 hausts, 191 ; loads for the, 201 ; 

 weakness of, 201, 202 ; abandoned, 

 216 ; pasturage for, 217 ; loads for. 

 Appendix B, 346 



Mijller, General Lauro, 7, 8, 48, 

 267 ; Colonel Roosevelt's letter to. 

 Appendix C, 360, 361 



Mundurucu Indians, 317 



Museums, trained observers should 

 be sent into wilderness by, 165 



Music, 135, 193, 194, 210, 226 



Mussurama, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21 ; jara- 

 raca fights, 22, 23, 24 



Natives,' 129 



Naturalists, outdoor, possibilities for 

 useful work of, 70, 71, 88 ; slight 

 experience of big game possessed 

 by most, 112 ; ideal place for work 

 of field, 116 ; museums should send 

 into the wilderness trained, 155 



Navait^ Rapids, 242-244 



Nests, communal, 116 ; troupials', 

 153 



Nhambiquara Indians, 187 ; land of 

 the, 196, 198; Colonel Rondon's 

 just treatment of the, 208, 209 ; no 

 wilder savages than the, 208 ; life 

 and habits of, 208, 209 ; improvised 

 dance of the, 210 ; dog stolen by, 

 -211; a visit from three, 215; 

 former hostility of, 215, 216 ; an 

 encampment of, 226, 226 ; their 

 lack of clothing, 225 ; ornaments 

 of, 228 ; probable strain of negro 

 blood in, 229; archery of, 230; 

 the Navaite, a subtribe of the, 

 242 



"Nips," a native hunter, 73 



North, the call of the, 307 



Nunlet, 158 



Nuts, Brazil, 280 ; crop of, fails, 313 



Nuts, unwholesome, 303 



Nyoac, the, the river boat, 92 



Ocelot, 118, 119 



Oliveira, Doctor Euzebio de, the 

 geologist, 49, 176, 196, 218, 222 



Onelli, Doctor, 30 



Opossum, 93, 162 



Orchids, 128, 146, 152, 163 ; sobralia, 

 250 



Orioles, wasps surround nests of, 96 



Ornithology, Sclater and Hudson's, 

 33 



Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 2 



Otter, 237 



Outfit for South American wilderness. 

 Appendix B, 342-369 



Outlook, The, 26 



Overland, trip begun, 164 



Owl, Moses, the tame, 93, 161, 162 



Ox-carts, 90, 91 



Oxen, pack, 164; difficulty in load- 

 ing, 163; clothes eaten by, 186, 

 192, 206 ; secure some fresh, 224 ; 

 loads for. Appendix B, 346 



Paca, 237 

 Pacu, 265 



