CONTENTS xvii 
CHAPTER XV 
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Bororo Superstitions — The Bororo Language — Bororo 
Music .................. 196 
CHAPTER XVI 
Bororo Legends — The Religion of the Bororos — Funeral 
Rites ..211 
CHAPTER XVII 
The River Das Garzas — Majestic Scenery ..... 231 
CHAPTER XVIII 
The Salesian Fathers—A Volcanic Zone ...... 245 
CHAPTER XIX 
The Paredao Grande — A Canon— A Weird Phenomenon 
— Troublesome Insects .256 
CHAPTER XX 
Wild Animals — An Immense Chasm — Interesting Cloud 
Effects . 273 
CHAPTER XXI 
A Beautiful Lagoon-—Strange Lunar Display—Waves of 
Lava—Curious Grottoes—Rock Carvings—A Beautiful 
Waterfall ................ 288 
CHAPTER XXII 
In Search of the Highest Point of the Brazilian Plateau 
— Mutiny —- Great Domes —• Travelling by Compass — 
A Gigantic Fissure in the Earth’s Crust 
301 
