TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



XV 



CHAPTER XII. 



DOWN THE RIVER TO PARiC. — EXCURSIONS ON THE COAST. 



Farewell Visit to the Great Cascade at Manaos. — Change in its Aspect. — 

 Arrival At Villa Bella. — Return to the House of the Fisherman Maia. — 

 Excursion to the Lago Maximo. — Quantity of Game and Waterfowl. 



— Victoria regia. — Leave Villa Bella. — Arrive at Obydos. — Its Situation i 

 and Geology. — Santarem. — Visit to the Church. — Anecdote of Martius. 



— A Row overland. — Monte Aldgre. — Picturesque Scenery. — Banheiras. 



— Excursion into the Country. — Leave Monte Al^gre. — Anecdote of In- 

 dians. — Almeyrim. — New Geological Facts. — Porto do Moz. — Collec- 

 tions. — Gurupa. — Tajapuni. — Arrive at Para. — Religious Procession. 



— Excursion to Marajo. — Sour^s. — Jesuit Missions. — Geology of Ma- 

 rajo. — Buried Forest. — Vigia. — Igarap^. — Vegetation and Animal Life. 



— Geology. — Return to Para. — Photographing Plants. — Notes on the 

 Vegetation of the Amazons. — Prevalence of Leprosy. . . , 351 - 896 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE AMAZONS. 



Drift about Rio de Janeiro. — Decomposition of underlying Rock. — Different 

 Aspect of Glacial Phenomena in different Continents. — Fertility of the 

 Drift. — Geological Observations of Messrs. Hartt and St. John. — Corre- 

 spondence of Deposits along the Coast with those of Rio and those of the 

 Valley of the Amazons. — Primitive Formation of the Valley. — First known 

 Chapter of its History. — Cretaceous Fossil Fishes. — Former Extent 

 of the South- American Coast. — Cretaceous Fossils from the Rio Purus. 



— Comparison between North and South America. — Geological Forma- 

 tions along the Banks of the Amazons. — Fossil Leaves. — Clays and 

 Sandstones. — Hills of Almeyrim. — Monte Aldgre. — Situation and 

 Scenery. — Serra of Erer^. — Comparison with Swiss Scenery. — Boulders 

 of Erer^. — Ancient Thickness of Amazonian Deposits. — Difference be- 

 tween Drift of the Amazons and that of Rio. — Inferences drawn from the 

 present Condition of the Deposits. — Immense Extent of Sandstone For- 

 mation. — Nature and Origin of these Deposits. — Referred to the Ice- 

 Period. — Absence of Glacial Marks. — Glacial Evidence of another Kind. 

 — Changes in the Outline of the South- American Coast. — Sour6. — 

 Igarap6 Grande. — Vigia. — Bay of Braganza. — Anticipation. . 397 - 441 



CHAPTER XIV. 



CEARA. 



Leaving Para. — Farewell to the Amazons. — Ease of Travelling on the 

 Amazons. — Rough Passage. — Arrival at Ceara. — Difficulty of Landing. 



— Aspect of the Town. — Rainy Season. — Consequent Sickliness. — Our 

 Purpose in stopping at Ceara. — Report of Dr. Felice about Moraines. — 

 Preparations for Journey into the Interior. — Diiliculties and Delays in 

 getting off. — On the Way. — Night at Arancho. — Bad Roads. — Car- 



