| Chapter | Paragraph Description | Pp. |
|---|
| | [CONTENTS] | [iii]-[viii] |
| | [LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS] | [ix]-[xvi] |
| [I] | The River Arinos—A Rickety Canoe—Mapping the River—The
Siphonia Elastica—Rubber and its Collection—An Enormously Rich
Country—A German in Slavery | [1]-[15] |
| [II] | Hoisting the British Flag—An Escaped Slave—A Dilemma—Benedicto—The
Lutra Brasiliensis—The Seringueiros—A Marvellous River—Rapids | [16]-[32] |
| [III] | Dangerous Navigation—Eddies—Whirlpools—An Extraordinary Creature—The
Man X—Pedro de Toledo Island—An Interesting Rodent | [33]-[50] |
| [IV] | Oleo Pardo Trees—Beautiful Palms—The River Bottom—Swarms of
Butterflies—Millions of Bees—A Continuous Torture | [51]-[61] |
| [V] | Great Islands—The Trinchão Fish—A Fisherman's Paradise—Alastor
Island—Plentiful Rubber—The Civilized Man's Idea of the
Tropical Forest—The War-Cries of the Indians—Swarms of Bees and
Butterflies | [62]-[75] |
| [VI] | The Tapirus Americanus—Striking Scenery—The Mate Tree—Photography
in Camp—Brazilian Way of Reasoning—A New Christopher
Columbus—The Selection of our Camps—Beautiful Fruit—A Large
Tributary | [76]-[91] |
| [VII] | Ideal Islands—Immense Figueira Trees—The "Spider Monkey"—Great
Variety of Fish in the Arinos—The Rocky Gateway into Diabolical
Waters—Shooting Dangerous Rapids—Cutting a Way through
the Forest—A Nasty Rapid—Plentiful Fish | [92]-[111] |
| [VIII] | Magnificent Basins—Innumerable Rapids—Narrow Escapes—The Destructive
Sauba Ants—Disobedient Followers—A Range of Mountains—Inquisitive
Monkeys—Luck in Fishing—Rocky Barriers—Venus | [112]-[128] |
| [IX] | Dogs—Macaws—Crocodiles—A Serious Accident: Men flung into a
Whirlpool—The Loss of Provisions and Valuable Baggage—More
Dangerous Rapids—Wonderful Scenery—Dangerous Work—On the
Edge of a Waterfall—A Risky Experience—Bravery of Author's
Brazilian Followers—A High Wind from the North-East—A Big
Lake | [129]-[150] |
| [X] | The Point of Junction of the Arinos and Juruena Rivers—Elfrida Landor
Island—Terrible Days of Navigation—Immense Islands—An Old
Indian Camp—A Fight between a Dog and an Ariranha—George
Rex Island—A Huge Sucuriú Snake | [151]-[164] |
| [XI] | A Family of Ariranhas—Attacked by them—Three Nasty Rapids—Beautiful
Sand Beaches—Exciting Experiences—Going down a
Thundering Cataract—Alcides' Narrow Escape—A Night's Work in
the Midst of a Foaming Rapid in order to rescue the half-submerged
Canoe—Filippe's Courage—Visited by a Snake 20 ft. long | [165]-[181] |
| [XII] | A Tiny Globular Cloudlet warning us—Tossed in a Merciless Manner—Saved
by Providence—Vicious Waters—A Diabolical Spot—A
Highly Dangerous Crossing—A Terrible Channel—More Bad Rapids—On
the Verge of a Fatal Drop down a Waterfall—Saved in Time—A
Magnificent Sight—The August Falls—A Mutiny—The Canoe,
weighing 2,000 lb., taken across the Forest over a Hill-range | [182]-[206] |
| [XIII] | A Double Whirlpool—Incessant Rapids of Great Magnitude—A Dangerous
Channel—Nothing to Eat—Another Disaster | [207]-[219] |
| [XIV] | In the Hands of Providence—A Mutiny—Another Mutiny—Foodless—Hard
and Dangerous Work—A Near Approach to Hades—Making an
Artificial Channel among Thousands of Boulders—An Awe-inspiring
Scene—The Fall of S. Simão—A Revolt | [220]-[234] |
| [XV] | Mutiny and Threats—Wasted Efforts—Awful Waters—The Canoe escapes
in a Violent Rapid—Another Mutiny—The Canoe recovered—An
Appalling Vortex—The Fall of S. Simão—Cutting an Artificial
Channel in the Rocks | [235]-[248] |
| [XVI] | At Death's Door—Mundurucu Indians—All Author's Followers poisoned
by Wild Fruit—Anxious Moments—Seringueiros—A Dying Jewish
Trader—The Mori Brothers—A New Hat—Where the Tres Barras
meets the Arinos-Juruena—The Canoe abandoned | [249]-[265] |
| [XVII] | A Fiscal Agency—Former Atrocities—The Apiacar Indians—Plentiful
Rubber—Unexploited Regions—Precious Fossils thrown away by
Author's Followers—A Terrific Storm—Author's Canoe dashed to
pieces—The Mount St. Benedicto | [266]-[277] |
| [XVIII] | Starting across the Virgin Forest—Cutting the Way incessantly—A
Rugged, Rocky Plateau—Author's Men throw away the Supplies of
Food—Attacked by Fever—Marching by Compass—Poisoned—Author's
Men break down—Author proceeds across Forest endeavouring
to reach the Madeira River—A Dramatic Scene | [278]-[298] |
| [XIX] | Benedicto and Filippe show Courage—Confronted with a Mountainous
Country—Steep Ravines—No Food—Painful Marches—Starving—Ammunition
rendered useless by Moisture—The "Pros" and "Cons"
of Smoking—A Faint Hope—A Forged Tin which should have contained
Anchovies—Curious Effects of Starvation upon the Brain—Where
Money is of no avail—Why there was Nothing to eat in the
Forest—The Sauba Ants—Sniffed by a Jaguar—Filippe tries to
commit Suicide | [299]-[320] |
| [XX] | Benedicto and the Honey—Constantly collapsing from Exhaustion—A
Strange Accident—Finding a River—People's Mistaken Ideas—Sixteen
Days of Starvation—An Abandoned Hut—Repairing a Broken-down
Canoe—Canoe founders—A Raft constructed of Glass | [321]-[338] |
| [XXI] | The Launching of the Glass Raft—Accidents—The Raft sinking—Saved—Our
First Solid Meal—Its Consequences—The Canuma and
Secundury Rivers—Marching back across the Forest to the Relief of
the Men left behind—A Strange Mishap—A Curious Case of Telepathy | [339]-[364] |
| [XXII] | Baggage Saved—The Journey down the Tapajoz River—Colonel Brazil—Wrecked—From
Itaituba to the Amazon—Benedicto and the Man X
are discharged | [365]-[385] |
| [XXIII] | Santarem to Belem (Pará)—The Amazon—From Belem to Manaos—The
Madeira-Mamore Railway | [386]-[404] |
| [XXIV] | Attacked by Beri-beri—A Journey up the Madeira River to the Relief of
Filippe the Negro and Recovery of Valuable Baggage left with
him—Filippe paid off—A Journey up the River Solimões—Iquitos | [405]-[418] |
| [XXV] | From Iquitos to the Foot of the Andes up the Rivers Ucayalli, Pachitea
and Pichis—The Cashibos or "Vampire Indians" | [419]-[438] |
| [XXVI] | Across the Andes—The End of the Trans-continental Journey | [439]-[457] |
| [XXVII] | The Peruvian Corporation Railway—The Land of the Incas—Lake
Titicaca—Bolivia—Chile—The Argentine—A Last Narrow Escape—Back
in England | [458]-[476] |
| [APPENDIX] | Some of the Principal Plants of Brazil—Mammals—Birds—Fish—Reptiles—Vocabularies | [477]-[496] |
| | [INDEX] | [497]-[504] |