Special thanks are due to Mr. Regis de Oliveira, ex-Brazilian Minister in London, for valuable credentials given me before my departure which paved the way to the hearty reception I received everywhere in Brazil.

A. Henry Savage-Landor.

Savoy Hotel, London.

September 1913.

CONTENTS

VOL. I

ChapterParagraph DescriptionPp.
 [PREFACE][v]-[xiii]
 [CONTENTS][xv]-[xviii]
 [LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS][xix]-[xxiv]
[I]The Heart of Brazil—Brazil, its Size and its Immense Wealth—Rio de Janeiro—Brazilian Men of Genius—São Paulo—The Bandeirantes—The Paulista Railway [1]-[25]
[II]Coffee—The Dumont Railway [26]-[37]
[III]On the Mogyana Railway [38]-[51]
[IV]The Terminus of the Railway—An Unpleasant Incident—The Purchase of Animals—On the March with the Caravan [52]-[68]
[V]Travelling across Country—A Musical Genius—Valuable Woods—Thermal Springs [69]-[85]
[VI]Inquisitiveness—Snakes—A Wonderful Cure—Butterflies—A Striking Scene [86]-[101]
[VII]In the City of Goyaz [102]-[117]
[VIII]Fourteen Long and Weary Days—Disappointment—Criminals as Followers [118]-[131]
[IX]The Departure—Devoured by Insects [132]-[148]
[X]Fishing—Termites—The Great Araguaya River [149]-[159]
[XI]The Tucano—Fish of the Araguaya River—A Bad Shot—A Strange Sight [160]-[178]
[XII]Geological Speculation—Beautiful Pasture-land [179]-[195]
[XIII]The River Barreiros—A Country of Tablelands [196]-[206]
[XIV]The Bororo Indians [207]-[223]
[XV]Bororo Superstitions—The Bororo Language—Bororo Music [224]-[241]
[XVI]Bororo Legends—The Religion of the Bororos—Funeral Rites [242]-[263]
[XVII]The River Das Garças—Majestic Scenery [264]-[279]
[XVIII]The Salesian Fathers—A Volcanic Zone [280]-[291]
[XIX]The Paredão Grande—A Cañon—A Weird Phenomenon—Troublesome Insects [292]-[310]
[XX]Wild Animals—An Immense Chasm—Interesting Cloud Effects [311]-[327]
[XXI]A Beautiful Lagoon—Strange Lunar Display—Waves of Lava—Curious Grottoes—Rock Carvings—A Beautiful Waterfall [328]-[343]
[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 [344]-[358]
[XXIII]The Jangada River—Demented Descendants of Slaves—Appalling Degeneration—Giant Monoliths—The River Roncador—Gigantic Natural Gateways—The Discovery of Fossils [359]-[376]
[XXIV]A Swampy Valley—Impressive Scenery—"Church Rock"—Escaping before a Forest Fire—The Rio Manso—Difficulties of marching across Virgin Country—Beautiful Rapids [377]-[398]
[XXV]The Blue Mountains—The Cuyabá River—Inaccurate Maps—A Rebellion in Camp—Infamy of Author's Followers—The Lagõa dos Veados and the Seven Lakes—Falling Back on Diamantino—Another Mutiny—Slavery—Descending from the Tableland [399]-[432]