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Alegre — Santarem — Mr, Hislop, an old trader to Cuyabd 
— The river and town — Campos and hills — Scattered 
shrubs and trees — Mistletoes and lichens — Beautiful 
shrubs and climbers — Shrubs of the waste grounds — 
Vegetation of lowland campos — The Victoria regia . 54 
CHAPTER III 
TO OBYDOS AND THE RIVER TROMBETAS 
Introductory note — On cattle-boat to Obydos — Point Paricatuba 
— Magnificent flowers — Cacao plantations, error in plant- 
ing — Coloured cliffs — Obydos — The Commandant's house 
— Plants collected — Wild cacao — The forest at Obydos — 
Start for the Trombetas — -Lake of Quiriquiry — Snake- 
like plants — Gay climbers — Pindoba thatch — Up the 
Aripecurii — Numerous islands — Great turtle-bank — To 
the first cataract — Indians refuse to build a hut — Attempt 
to reach Serra de Carnau — A storm — Lost in the forest — 
Night overtakes them — Reached camp at i a.m. — A 
strange climber with striking flowers — Curious water-plants 
— Tree violets — Granite rocks — Many falls going up the 
river — A tune-playing bird — Return to Senhor Bentes' 
farm — Various trees called Cedar — Arrow-reed of the 
Amazon — Back to Santarem . . . -77 
CHAPTER IV 
RESIDENCE AT SANTAREM 
The rainy season — Floating grass -islands — How they are 
formed — Inundated lands — - Mortality of alligators — 
Aquatic plants — Yellow fever, dread of — Unwholesome 
water — Rivers that run east and west most healthy — 
Heat during the wet season — Remarkable double accident 
— Adventure with a jaguar — The Portuguese — A Brazilian 
gentleman — A Jew of Tangier — An attempted murder 
and robbery . . . . . .108 
