CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER VIII 

 Santarem 



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Situation of Santarem — Manners and customs of the in- 

 habitants — Trade — Climate — Leprosy — Historical 

 sketch — Grassy campos and woods — Excursions 

 to Mapiri, Mahica, and Irura, with sketches of 

 their Natural History ; Palms, wild fruit-trees, 

 Mining Wasps, Mason Wasps, Bees, Sloths, and 

 Marmoset Monkeys — Natural History of Termites 

 or White Ants ....... 236 



CHAPTER IX 



VOYAGE UP THE TAPAJOS 



Preparations for voyage — First day's sail — Mode of 

 arranging money-matters and remittance of collec- 

 tions in the interior — Loss of boat — Altar do Chao 

 — Excursion in forest — Valuable timber — Modes 

 of obtaining fish — Difficulties with crew — Arrival 

 at Aveyros — Excursions in the neighbourhood — 

 White Cebus and habits and dispositions of Cebi 

 Monkeys — Tame Parrot — Missionary settlement — 

 Enter the River Cupari — Adventure with Ana- 

 conda — Smoke-dried Monkey — Boa-constrictor — 

 Village of Mundurucii Indians, and incursion of a 

 wild tribe — Falls of the Cupari — Hyacinthine 

 Macaw — Re-emerge into the broad Tapajos — 

 Descent of river to Santarem .... 283 



CHAPTER X 



The Upper Amazons— Voyage to Ega 



Departure from Barra — First day and night on the 

 Upper Amazons — Desolate appearance of river in 

 the flood season — Cucama Indians — Mental con- 

 dition of Indians — Squalls — Manatee — Forest — 

 Floating pumice-stones from the Andes — Falling 

 banks — Ega and its inhabitants — Daily life of a 

 Naturalist at Ega — Customs, trade, etc. — The four 

 seasons of the Upper Amazons .... 337 



