CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



I COMMENCE CAMP LIFE. 



PAGE 



Pitching camp— A friend in need— Exploring on the divide— Ride to 

 Sao Amaro — Small-pox — Cutting through the forest — Church 

 service— Difficulty of transport— Arrival of Vicente— Invasion by- 

 ants — Religious customs — Procession — Food — Native cookery — 

 Birds of prey — Invasion by a wolf and an oni;a ■-. ■•■ 75 



CHAPTER VI. 



SPRING-TIME AND BEGINNING OF THE RAINY SEASON. 



Bees — Virgin forest — Variety of food — I eat ants — ^A fine sunset — Vicente 

 leaves — Mr. Roberts arrives — Picnics — Fazenda do Cortume — Botany 

 — Visitors — Heavy rain — Traffic begins on high roads — Death and 

 funeral of the Major do Cortume — Requiem Mass — Native cookery 

 — The dinner-hour — Spring-time — Voracious ants — Fine nights — 

 Grandiloquent names — Casa Grande — Life in a native house — 

 Musical evenings ... ... ... ... ... ... 89 



CHAPTER VII. 



IN THE VALLEY OF THE RIO CAMAPUAO. 



My horse falls with me — A terrific storm — My maggot — ^A swamp^ 

 Working in the rain — Steamy damp and its effects — A talk with 

 neighbours — Shifting camp under difficulties — Visitors — Christmas — 

 Fruit and vegetables — Feast of the three kings — Rain-bound — A 

 fearful day's work — Cultivation — Population and immigration — ^A 

 sour old priest — ^An interesting family — Caught by a storm — Last 

 day's work — Paying off my men ... ... ... ... 118 



CHAPTER VIII. 



LIFE IN ENTRE RIOS, MINAS GERAES. 



Kind reception — Settling down — Improved health— An accomplished 

 musician — Matrimony — John Baptist and his family — Illness amongst 

 the staff— My slave — Church service — The post-office — Native in- 

 dolence — A visit from Brazilian engineers — Food again Mr. Roberts 



leaves — Description of Brumado — Railway time-table — Butterflies 



Hard work — A lunar rainbow — Lent services — Foreign wanderers 



Guavas and other fruit — A child's funeral — Bronchitis — Rejoicings 

 on passing of plans for first section — Services and processions durin<T 

 Holy Week — My guests — Spiritual relationship — An interesting 



