CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



conversation on religion — Easter Day — Handsome butterflies — 

 Padre Pinto — Scarcity of stars in southern hemisphere —The month 

 of May — A short but agreeable outing — Death of the Duke of Albany 

 — Manufacture of butter — The harvest — Tired of this village — The 

 intense cold — Woollen clothing — Bidding farewell — At Queluz — 

 Journey down to Rio ... ... .... ... ... 14° 



CHAPTER IX. 



OUR LIFE AT RIO DK JANEIRO. 



Carson's Hotel — The hospital — Nichteroy — Botafogo — Fishermen — 

 Pedlars — Table of sunrise and sunset — Resignation of Lafayette 

 Ministry' — -Confiscation of convent property — Public assassination — ■ 

 Dantas forms a cabinet — News of Pitcairn Islands — A railway under 

 the bay— Fruit— A bull-fight— St. Peter's Day— View from the 

 Morro do Castello — The Bay of Botafogo — Bribery and corruption 

 — Yellow fever ... ... ... ... ... .■• 182 



CHAPTER X. 



LAST DAYS IN BRAZIL. 

 Ascent of the Corcovado — Mountain railway in construction — Farewell 

 dinner — S. Luiz theatre — Visit to SS. Cotopaxi — Anniversary of 

 taking the Bastile — Our ofBce — Americans — Trip to Petropohs — 

 Splendid scenery — The village — A beautiful walk — Cotton-mill — 

 Waterfall — Trip to Tijuca — ^Whyte's Hotel — Waterworks and reser- 

 voirs — Second ascent of Corcovado — The aqueduct — Last look 

 round' — Farewell ... ... ... ... ... ••• 204 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON RIO DE JANEIRO. 



Foundation of the city three hundred years ago— Struggle between the 

 French and Portuguese — Tramways — Water supply — Passeio Pub- 

 lico — Campo de Acclama9ao — The carnival — Lotteries ... ... 228 



CHAPTER XI. 



HOMEWARD BOUND. 

 Bahia — Upper and lower town — The market — A city of negroes — Per- 

 nambuco — Coral reef — ^Catamarans — Perilous landing — A market on 

 board — ^Rainy season — St. Vincent, Cape Verds — Diving boys — Off 

 Teneriffe — Quarantine at Lisbon — At Pauillac — Visit to vineyards — 

 Home once more ... ... ... ... ... ... 241 



Log OF Outward Passage ... ... ... ... ... 257 



Log OF Return Passage ... ... ... ... ... 258 



