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CONTENTS. 



PLATES 



WHICH ILLUSTRATE THIS VOLUME. 



Map to face page viii 



Puris ill their Huts to face the title. 



Excursion up a branch of the Rio Doce 171 



Opening of the New Road along the Mucmi 202 



Patachos of the Rio do Prado 247 



A Family of Botocudos on a Journey 291 



Single Combats of the Botocudos 323 



