CONTENTS. 
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CHAPTER I. 
PARA'. 
Arrival at Para — Appearance of tlie city and its environs — The inhabitants 
and then.’ costume — Yegetation — Sensitive plants — Lizards — Ants and 
other insects — Birds — Climate — Rood of the inhabitants ... 1 
CHAPTER II. 
PARA'. 
Festas — ^Portuguese and Brazilian currency — M. Borlaz’ estate — Walk to 
the rice-mills — The virgin forest, its plants and insects — Milk-tree — Saw 
and rice-mills — Caripe or pottery-tree — India-rubber tree — Flowers and 
trees in blossom — Saiiba ants, wasps, and chegoes — Journey by water to 
Magoary — The monkeys — The commandante at Laranjeiras — Vampire 
bats — The timber-trade — Boa constrictor and Sloth . . . .18 
CHAPTER III. 
THE TOCANTIISrS. 
Canoe, stores, and crew — River Mojii — Igaripe Miri — Cameta — Senhor 
Gomez and his establishment — Search for a dinner — Jambouassu — Po- 
lite letter — Baiao and its inhabitants — A swarm of wasps — Enter the 
rocky district — The Mutuca — Difficulty of getting men — A village with- 
out houses — Catching an alligator — Duck- shooting — Aroyas, and the 
Falls — A nocturnal concert — Blue Macaws — Turtles’ eggs — A shght acci- 
dent — Capabilities of the country — Return to Para . . . .50 
