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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Canoe Excursion. — Scenery. — Another Sitio. — Morals and Manners. — 

 Talk with the Indian Women. — Life in the Forest. — Life in the Towns. 

 Dinner-Party. — Toasts. — Evening Row on the Lake. — Night Scene. — 

 Smoking among the Senhoras. — Return to Manaos. . . . 251 - 275 



CHAPTER IX. 



MANAOS AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. 



Photographic Establishment. — Indian Portraits. — Excursion to the Great 

 Cascade. — Its Geological Formation. — Bathing Pool. — Parasitic Plants. 



— Return by the Igarap^. — Public Ball. — Severity in Recruiting, and its 

 Effects. — Collecting Parties. — Scenes of Indian Life. — Fete Champetre 

 at the Casa dos Educandos. — Prison at Manaos. — Prison Discipline on 

 the Amazons. — Extracts from Presidential Reports on this Subject. — 

 Prison at Teffd. — General Character of Brazilian Institutions. — Em- 

 peror's Birthday. — Illuminations and Public Festivities. — Return of Col- 

 lecting Parties. — Remarks on the Races. — Leave Manaos for Mauhes. 276 - 300 



CHAPTER X. 



EXCURSION TO MAUHES AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD. 



Leave Manaos. — On board the Ibicuhy. — Navigation of the River Ra- 

 mos. — Aspect of the Banks. — Arrival at Mauhes. — Situation of Mau- 

 hes. — Tupinambaranas. — Character of Population. — Appearance of the 

 Villages of Mauhes. — Bolivian Indians. — Guarana. — Excursion to Mu- 

 caja-Tuba. — Mundurucu Indians. — Aspect of Village. — Church. — Dis- 

 tribution of Presents. — Generosity of the Indians. — Their Indifference. — 

 Visit to another Settlement. — Return to Mauhes. — Arrival of Munduru- 

 cus in the Village. — Description of Tattooing. — Collection. — Boto. — 

 Indian Superstitions. — Palm Collection. — Walk in the Forest. — Leave 

 Mauhes. — Mundurucu Indian and his Wife. — Their Manners and Ap- 

 pearance. — Indian Tradition. — Distinctions of Caste. . . . 301-321 



CHAPTER XI. 



RETURN TO MANAOS. — EXCURSION ON THE RIO NEGRO. 



Christmas Eve at Manaos. — Ceremonies of the Indians. — Churches on the 

 Amazons. — Leave Manaos for the Rio Negro. — Curious River Formation. 



— Aspect of the River. — Its Vegetation. — Scanty Population. — Village 

 of Taua P^assu. — Padre of the Village. — Palms. — Village of Pedreira. — 

 Indian Camp. — Making Palm-thatoh. — Sickness and Want at Pedreira. 



— Row in the Forest. — Tropical Shower. — Geology of Pedreira. — Indian 

 Recruits. — Collection of Palms. — Extracts from Mr. Agassiz's Notes on 

 Vegetation. — Return to Manaos. — Desolation of the Rio Negro. — Its fu- 

 ture Prospects. — Humboldt's Anticipations. — Wild Flowers. — Distribu- 

 tion of Fishes in the Amazonian Waters. — How far due to Migration. — 

 Hydrographic System. — Alternation between the Rise and Fall of the 

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