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: A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro by Wallace Alfred Russel - Natural history Amazon River Valley; Amazon River Valley; Brazil Description and travel; Indians of South America Amazon River Valley; Indians of South America Amazon River Valle
PAR?.
Arrival at Par?--Appearance of the city and its environs--The inhabitants and their costume--Vegetation--Sensitive plants--Lizards--Ants and other insects--Birds--Climate--Food of the inhabitants 1
PAR?.
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--Carip? or pottery-tree--India-rubber tree--Flowers and trees in blossom--Sa?ba 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
THE TOCANTINS.
Canoe, stores, and crew--River Moj?--Igarip? Miri--Camet?--Senhor Gomez and his establishment--Search for a dinner--Jambouass?--Polite letter--B?iao and its inhabitants--A swarm of wasps--Enter the rocky district--The Mutuca--Difficulty of getting men--A village without houses--Catching an alligator--Duck-shooting--Aroyas, and the Falls--A nocturnal concert--Blue Macaws--Turtles' eggs--A slight accident--Capabilities of the country--Return to Par? 50
Visit to Oler?a--Habits of Birds--Voyage to Mexiana--Arrival--Birds--Description of the Island--Population--Slaves, their treatment and habits--Journey to the Lake--Beautiful stream--Fish and Birds at the Lake--Catching Alligators--Strange sounds, and abundance of Animal Life--Walk back--Jaguar meat--Visit to Jungcal in Maraj?--Embarking cattle--Ilha das Frechas 82
THE GUAM? AND CAPIM RIVERS.
Natterer's hunter, Luiz--Birds and insects--Prepare for a journey--First sight of the Piror?co--St. Domingo--Senhor Calistro--Slaves and slavery--Anecdote--Cane-field--Journey into the forest--Game--Explanation of the Piror?co--Return to Par?--Bell-birds and yellow parrots 112
SANTAREM AND MONTEALEGRE.
BARRA DO RIO NEGRO AND THE SOLIM?ES.
Appearance of the Rio Negro--The city of Barra, its trade and its inhabitants--Journey up the Rio Negro--The Lingoa Geral--The umbrella bird--Mode of life of the Indians--Return to Barra--Strangers in the city--Visit to the Solim?es--The Gap?--Manaquerey--Country life--Curl-crested Ara?aris--Vultures and On?as--Tobacco growing and manufacture--The Cow-fish--Senhor Brand?o--A fishing party with Senhor Henrique--Letters from England 163
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