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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER V. 
THE VEGETATION OF THE VIRGIN FOREST ON THE AMAZON AND THE MADEIRA. 
Man 
Transformations and New Formations. — Terras Cahidag. — Orchids and Bromelise. 
— ^Ferns. — Creepers. — Buttressed Trees. — The India-rubber, and its Prepara- 
tion. — The Cacao. — Medicinal Plants. — Oils. — Resins. — Fibres. — The Urary or 
Curare. — The Peruvian Bark . — The Guarand. — The Coca .... 108 
CHAPTER VI. 
THE WILD INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MADEIRA VALLEY. 
The Muras. — The Araras. — The Mundruciis. — The Parentintins. — The Caripunas : 
our First Meeting with them. — Their Huts. — Their Burial-ground. — Former 
Attacks on the Madeira, Javary, and Puriis. — The Unknown Footpads at the 
Mouth of the Mamore. — Future of these Indians. — Their Languages. — Their 
Religious Views. — The Pajes. — An Old Indian Settlement . . . .137 
CHAPTER VII. 
THE M0J08 INDIANS OF THE FORMER JESUIT MISSIONS IN BOLIVIA. 
Founding of a Mission. — The Life there. — Strict Discipline. — Their Decay and 
Present State. — Bloody Episode at Santa Ana. — Consequences of the Political 
Storms. — Festivities and Processions. — Visit of the Excellentissimo. — The 
Chicha. — A Vocabulary. — The Missions on the Paranapanema and Tibagy. — 
Final Considerations 170 
APPENDIX. 
Mode of Conducting our Surveys, and their Hydrographical and Hypsometrieal 
Results. — Statistics 204 
