438 



INDEX. 



of transport, 28 ; fiscal engineer, 

 148, 152 ; hospitality, q.v. ; house 

 construction, 33 ; schoolboys, 43 ; 

 shops, 33 ; population, 267 ; state of 

 crime in, 123 ; the President, 29, 

 152, 156 ; traffic on main roads, 39, 



99 

 Minas Geraes : Meteorology — Cold in 

 winter, 27, 28 ; dry season, 28 ; 

 snow, 115; severe winter of 1870, 

 316; explanation, 318; hail, 319; 

 storms and rain, 320; mists, 321 ; 

 meteorological notes, at Casa Grande, 

 322 ; Serra, 322 ; Olhos d'Agua, 

 325 ; Camapuao, 328 ; Entre Rios 

 (Brumado), 331 ; note on thermo- 

 metrical and barometrical readings, 



331 

 Minas Geraes : Notes on the province 

 — First explorations, 259 ; contest 

 for supremacy, 260 ; area, 260 ; 

 mountain ranges, 260 ; rivers, 261 ; 

 exports, 262 ; the mines, 262 ; poli- 

 tical representatation, 265 ; curious 

 names of parishes, 265 ; ecclesiastical 

 division, 267 



Minas Geraes : Railways, note on, 267 ; 

 Dom Pedro II., 268 ; Oeste de Minas 

 (Sao Joao del Rey), 269, 271 ; Ouro 

 Pretana, 269 ; Leopoldina, 270 ; 

 Minas and Rio, 270 ; Minas Central, 

 270 



Mince-pies, 154 



Mint sauce, 148 



Mocata (rice and cow-heels), 64 



Monjolo (water-mill), 137 



Monkeys, 90, 139 ; note on, 345 



Moon, magnificent, 95 



Morritt, Mr. William (Petropolis), 253 



Morritt, Mr. John M. (Petropolis), 218 



Morros (hills), Rio de Janeiro, 20, 183, 

 197, 207, 212. Fide Rio de Janeiro, 

 town of 



Mosquitoes, 23, 122, 139 



Moths, 91 ; list of one hundred and 

 forty-nine species collected, 276 



Mountain scenery (Petropolis), 218 



Mud birds'-nests, 59, 359 

 Musical evenings, 71, 114, 116 



N 



Native bridges, 55, 66, 103, 136, 178 ; 

 coffins, 102, 103, 155, 167; furniture 

 of houses, 36, 69 ; gardens, 37, 68, 

 127, 134 ; letters, 49, loi ; produce, 

 90, 134; roads, 29, 41, 99, 133; 

 road crosses, 35, 80, 159 

 Native customs, 56, 60 ; unchanged for 

 two hundred years, 51 ; camping out, 

 40; children ask a blessing, 112; 

 cigarette making, 60 ; cruelty to 

 animals, 41, 67, 125, 197 ; doctoring 

 horses, 50 ; familiarity, 33 ; going to 

 Mass, 62 ; home life, 113 ; ladies at 

 dinner, 44 ; sleeping in clothes, 26 ; 

 visitors, 69, 113, 127, 129, 139, 154, 

 161 

 Native food, 25, 39, 57, 163 ; break- 

 fast, 29, 53 j butter, 172 ; cooks, 75, 

 85, 140, 145, 170, 177 ; cookeiy, 62, 

 8S> '°7 > cookery book, 92 ; dinner, 

 29, 36 ; ovens, 148 ; poisoned fish, 

 71; salt, 61, 129; wines, cost of, 

 72, 82 

 Native music, 71, 114, 116, 168 ; bands, 

 43. 103, 155, 156; dancing, 116; 

 singing, 157; spiritless, 115, 129; 

 nigger songs, 100, 116; a splendid 

 pianiste, 143, 147 

 Natives, cowardice of, 81, 85, 86 ; 

 curiosity, 40, 60, 66, 69 ; dirty habits, 

 163, 170 ; dress, g.v. ; good quali- 

 ties, 83 ; ideas about England, 105 ; 

 ideas on railway location, 57, 72, 73 ; 

 idleness, 42, 43 ; indolence, 122, 123, 

 134, 147 ; juries, 123 ; kindness of 

 slave, 136 ; longevity, 57 ; names of 

 persons, high-sounding, 1 10 ; names 

 of parishes, curious, 265 ; polite- 

 ness, 129 ; spinning, 137, 145 ; talent 

 for mechanics, 137 ; native terms 

 "rapaz," "mo9o," = lad, 128 ; 

 weaving, 137, 145 



