NOTES OF A BOTANIST 
parilla seeds boiled — Ipadu — Dry campos have different 
vegetation — Constant rains — Collections described — 
Palms, new and interesting — Peach palm a beautiful object 
— Cow trees of the Barra — New climbing plants — Palms 
difficult to collect — Ferns very scarce— Trees of the gapo 
— To Manaquiry — Visit to Senhor Zanny — How to treat 
Indians — A deserted cacoal — River -banks in early 
morning — Best seen in height of wet season — Excursion 
to Lages — Fine views of the Amazon — Varied vegetation 
— Turtles and alligators — Slaves and their treatment — 
Native life at Lages — Beautiful scenery — A Brazilian 
farm — A festa in a Brazilian country-house — Singing and 
dancing — Native dances — Games — Did not go home till 
morning— General sketch of the vegetation around Manaos 203 
CHAPTER VIII 
VOYAGE UP THE RIO NEGRO TO SAO GABRIEL 
Journal abridged — Ilhas de Pedras — Picture-writings — At 
Moureira — At Uanauaca — Excursions — Botanical sketch 
of the voyage — Personal incidents of the voyage — An 
eclipse of the moon — A week's dangerous journey up the 
falls to Sao Gabriel . . . . .259 
CHAPTER IX 
CATARACTS AND MOUNTAIN-FORESTS OF SAO GABRIEL 
Advantages of one's own boat — Botany of the Rio Negro — 
Dried plants damaged in the cataracts — Disadvantages 
of Sao Gabriel — Garrison mostly robbers and murderers 
— Treatment of Indians — Vegetation of serras around 
Sao Gabriel — Guarana or Cupana — Near starvation at 
Sao Gabriel — Blood-sucking bats — Cats as bat-catchers — 
Expedition to Serra do Gama — Botany of the forest — 
Temporary huts — Ascent of the Serra — Plants on the 
rocks — -Collecting salsaparilla — An Indian festival . 289 
