CONTENTS. iH 

 CHAPTER XVI. 



Page. 



Santarem — Population — Trade — River Tapajos— Cuiaba— - Diamond re- 

 gion — Account of the Indians of the Tapajos 299 







CHAPTER XVII. 



Departure from Santarem — Monte Alegre — Prainha — Almeirim— Guru- 

 p& — River Xingu — Great estuary of the Amazon— India-rubber country- 

 Method of collecting and preparing the India-rubber — Bay of Limoeiro — 

 Arrival at Para 319 



CHAPTER XVIII, 

 Para 334 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 Resume ..,..„ - - = 352 



APPENDIX. 



Notes — Table of approximate heights and distances from Callao to the 

 Atlantic — Meteorological journal 369 



Addendum - „ - * ,v 9 , , « = 39* 



