CONTENTS. iii 

 CHAPTEE XVII. 



Page. 



Departure from Santarem— Monte Alegre — Prainha — Almeiriin— Gurupa— 

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

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



Arrival at Pai d 323 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 Para 338 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 Resume 356 



APPENDIX. 



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

 Atlantic — Meteorological journal 375 



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