CONTENTS. xi 



ants — Centipeds — Cockroaches — Fire-ants — Insects — Fire-flies — Suspended cocoons — 

 Lantern-fly— The tanana — Wood beetles— Spiders — Bees and wasps — Butterflies .... 540 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE WONDERS OF THE FOREST. 



Aspects of the forest — Buttress trees — Siposorwild vines — The seringa or india-rubber tree — 

 The cow-tree — Monkeys' drinking-cups — Brazil-nut tree — The Victoria Kegia — Palms 570 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE WONDERS OF THE WATERS. 



The manatee, or cow-fish — Piranha — The diodon — The acara — Anableps — The parrot-fish- - 

 The gyrr.notus — Localization of fish — Gymnotus, or electric eel — Sting-rays — Serrosalmus 

 piraya — The caribe — Adaptation of animals to their destined mode of existence.. .. 5t)l 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



NATIVES OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 

 The Mundurucus — General character of the natives — The Purupurus — The Catauixis WO 



CHAPTER XIX. 



INDIAN WEAPONS AND MODES OF KILLING GAME. 



The blow-pipe — Wourali poison — Timbo — Mode of shooting and netting turtle — Another 

 mode of catching fish — Poisoning birds — The long-bow — Stalking game — Mode of killing 

 alligators — Turtle-catching and collecting eggs — Oil from turtles' eggs — Fishing-nets and 

 baskets — Canoes — Musical instruments 015 



^Part fourth. 



NORTHERN REGIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 

 CHAPTER T. 



VENEZUELA, 



J J umining-birds — Trees — The Llaneros 635 



CHAPTER II. 



GUIANA. 



iiivers :— The Egsequibo -The Berbice Kivcr — The Alecuna Indians — The Corentyn River— 

 The Demerara River — Native tribes — The Arawaks — The Guaranis — The Macusis — The 

 Acawoios — Mounds full of human remains — Vegetable productions 051 



CHAPTER 111. 



CENTRAL BRAZIL. 



surras —The Campos dos Paricis— The oerrados— Diamond-mines of Brazil m7 



