CONTENTS. 
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List op the Ili.dsteations, with shoet Explanations. ..... xi 
Inteoduotion 1 
CHAPTER I. 
FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO THE RAPIDS OF THE MADEIRA. 
Rio de Janeiro. — -Bahia.— Pernambuco. — Parahyba do Norte. — Oeara. — Maranbao. 
—Para. — The Amazon. — The Rio Negro. — Manaoa. — The Lower Madeira. — 
The Seringueiros. — The Praia de Tamandua ....... 29 
CHAPTER II. 
THE RAPIDS OF THE MADEIRA AND THE MAMORE. 
Santo Antonio. — Tbeotonio. — The Caripunas Indians. — Caldeirao do Inferno. — The 
“ Written Rocks.” — Salto do Giriio. — AnAttaek. — Old Caripuna Huts. — Ribeirao. 
— More “ Written Rocks.” — The Mouth of the Beni. — Exaltacion . . .54 
CHAPTER III. 
CANOE AND CAMP LIFE. 
The Start.— The Kitchen.— The Bast Shirts.— The Straw Hats.— Strange Dainties. 
— Alligator-hunting. — The Camp fires. — The Camisetas. — The Mos(juitoes. — 
The Halting-place ........... 85 
CHAPTER IV. 
HUNTING AND FISHING IN THE PROVINCES OF AMAZON AND MATO-GROSSO' 
The Ph-a-ruou. — The Lamantin or Peixe-boi. — The Botos.— Popular Belief regarding 
them. — The Minhooao and the Mae d’Agua.- Different Modes of Fishing ; in the 
Pary, with the Covo and the Timbo. — The Rays, the Piranhas, and the Can- 
dirus. — Tapir-hunting.- — The Jaguar, the Wild Hog, the Capivara, the Monkeys, 
and the Birds 98 
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