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CONTENTS. 



mountain of Araasojava. — Diseases. — Remarkable mag- 

 netic influence of the European over mulattoes and negroes. 



— Superiority of the European to the black and coloured 

 races of mankind. — Villa de Porto Feliz. — Navigation on 

 the river Tiete to Matto-grosso. — Indians on the Paraguay. 



— Breed of cattle and mules. — Agriculture in the capi- 

 tania. — Indians of S. Paulo. — Note : — Native medicinal 

 plants. 



CHAPTER III. 



Journey from S. Joao de Ypanema to Villa Rica. 



Page 103—176. 



Journey by way of Sorocaba to the chief market for mules 

 and by way of Ytu to Jundiahy. — Re-organisation of the 

 caravan. — S. Joao de Atibaya. — Camanducaya. — Registo 

 Real. — Entrance into Minas Geraes. — The dance called. 

 Baducca. — Dangerous passage of the rivers Mandu and 

 Servo. — S. Anna de Sapucahy. — First gold mines. ^ Paper 

 currency in Minas Geraes. — Flight of our negro. — S.Bar- 

 bara. — Villa de Campanha. — Increase of luxury in the 

 gold countries. — Rio Verde. — Poisonous serpents. — Cure 

 of the bite of serpents. — Rio do Peixe. — Corrego dos 

 Pinheiros. — Songs of the native poet Gonzaga. — High 

 mountains of Capivary. — Passage at the waterfall of the 

 Rio Grande, the main branch of the Rio de la Plata. — 

 Course of that river. — Rio dos Mortos. — Morro de Bom 

 Fim. — Villa de S. Joao d'El Rey, its trade and environs, 



— Serra Lenheiro and de S. Joze. — Unsuccessful attempt 

 to cultivate corn. — Passage of the Rio Paraopeba. — 

 Morro da Solidade, — Chapada. — Animals in the cam- 

 pos. — Morro de Gravier. — Capao. — Lana. — Notes : — 

 Mine of the yellow topazes. — Occurrence of the euklases. 



— Description of the yellow topazes and their formation. 



