Title[1]
Introduction[3]
Hunting a Home in Brazil[5]
Temperature approaching Rio[6]
Harbor Defences[7]
Examination of Passports[8]
Entrance into the City[9]
The Streets of Rio[10]
Mules and Equipages[11]
Omnibuses—Negroes—Ferry Boats[12]
Post-Office Regulations[13]
American Acquaintances[14]
City Improvement Company[15]
Gas-Lights of City[16]
Custom-House Business[17]
Negro Carriers[18]
Dinner at a Restaurant[19]
Brazilian and other Ladies[20]
Amusements[21]
Inducements for Immigration[22]
Representations as to Southern People[23]
Information from American Residents[24]
Bay of Paranagua[25]
Visit to Museum[26]
Curiosities[27]
Visit to Museum[28]
Curiosities[29]
Trip to the Suburbs[30]
English Church Service[31]
Disregard of the Sabbath[32]
Audience with Minister of State[33]
Call upon Mr. Crenshaw[34]
Stroll in Fashionable Street[35]
Dress—Umbrellas[36]
The Ferry[37]
Signal Telegraph[38]
Public Buildings[39]
Statue of Dom Pedro I[40]
Interview with Minister of Agriculture[41]
Facilities for Prospecting[42]
Necessary Arrangements[43]
Large Slaughter-House[44]
Departure for Santos[45]
Custom at Meals[46]
Instruction in Portuguese[47]
Use of Cigarettes[48]
Fort and City of Santos[49]
Visit to Mr. Wright’s Family[50]
A Country Ride[51]
Coffee Plantation[52]
Advantages of Santos[53]
Ride in Diligence[54]
An Enchanting View[55]
Railroad Wanted[56]
Ant-Hills[57]
Ancient Carriage[58]
Letter to Mr. Sampson[59]
Brazilian Newspaper Article[60]
An Offer of Land[61]
President of Province[62]
Friendly Assistance[63]
Rev. Mr. Blackford[64]
Our Interpreter[65]
Hospitality of Friends[66]
Family Worship[67]
Elegant Bath-house[68]
Visit to Law School[69]
Outfit for our Trip[70]
Preparations Completed[71]
Catholic and Protestant Cemeteries[72]
Brick-Yards[73]
Presbyterian Service in Portuguese[74]
Religious Toleration Anticipated[75]
Set out with Interpreter[76]
Tunnel at Cachoeira[77]
Railroad to Jundiahi[78]
Surroundings of Jundiahi[79]
Lint of Pina Tree[80]
Coffee Culture near Campinas[81]
Simple Mode of Cleaning Coffee[82]
The “Monjolo”[83]
Visit to an Elegant Establishment[84]
Dining-Room[85]
Ride to Fazenda—Remarks[86]
Management of Coffee and Corn[87]
Varieties of Timber[88]
Machinery of “Settequéda”[89]
Despolpidor for Coffee[90]
Fanning Machinery[91]
Process Similar to Rice Cleaning[92]
Meeting with a Brazilian Physician[93]
No Introduction between Strangers[94]
The “Chigre”[95]
Specimens of Carving[96]
Female Apparel[97]
Outfit of Camarada[98]
Pleasant Weather[99]
Plateau Land[100]
A Magnificent Fazenda[101]
European Colony[102]
Coffee-Cleaning Establishment[103]
Steam Saw-Mill[104]
Extensive Coffee Plantation[105]
Cotton Culture[106]
Advantages of Brazil[107]
Large Trees—Rich Soil[108]
Cotton of a Fine Quality[109]
Early Marriages[110]
Reception at Rio Claro[111]
Long Mill-Race[112]
Senor Vergueiro’s Fazenda[113]
Land of Inferior Quality[114]
Seclusion of Women[115]
Medium Coffee and Cotton[116]
Barren Campo—Sterile Region[117]
Numerous Coffee Trees[118]
Early Ride to River Rock[119]
Proposal of Sale of Lands[120]
Elegant Hospitality[121]
Saint-Poles—Negro Ceremonies[122]
Use of Shackles for Slaves[123]
Burning off Lands[124]
Contracts with Negro Agents[125]
The Contract System[126]
How it Operates[127]
Extensive Lands for Sale[128]
Advantageous Site for a Village[129]
Parting from Friends[130]
Scarcity of Corn[131]
Recently-Opened Fazenda[132]
Varieties of Fruit[133]
Clothing of Negroes[134]
Fertile Lands—Water-Fall[135]
Lands in Market[136]
Villa of Araraquara[137]
Reception at São Lorenço[138]
Clarifying Sugar[139]
Large Profits from Sugar[140]
Medicine—Apothecary[141]
Hunt on Sunday[142]
A Friend in Need[143]
Studying Portuguese[144]
Richest Lands not Best for Cotton[145]
Large Stock-Farm[146]
Native Cows not Good for Milking[147]
Lands on Rio Jacaré[148]
Lightning-Bugs[149]
Large Yield of Cotton[150]
Join General Wood’s Party[151]
Address of Welcome[152]
Reply by Dr. Gaston[153]
Extensive Fazendas for Sale[154]
Lands of Serra of Good Quality[155]
The Macucu—Droves of Cattle[156]
Map of Lands near Araraquara[157]
Sumptuous Entertainment[158]
Oranges for Wine[159]
Absence of Requisites for a City[160]
Woodlands of Lageado[161]
The Ant-Eater[162]
Embarrassing Situation[163]
Reception at Brotas[164]
Hospitality of its Citizens[165]
Singular Road-Guide[166]
A Hungry Party[167]
Latin Terms in Medicine[168]
Anniversary of Marriage[169]
Thoughts of Home[170]
Apprehension for Welfare of Family[171]
Assistance to Guest in Mounting[172]
Dwelling and Kitchen Together[173]
The Ligarto[174]
Quality of Land on Rio Jahu[175]
Neat Fencing[176]
Navigation of River Tieté[177]
Accommodations for Sleeping[178]
Lands between Rio Jacaré and Tieté[179]
Climbing a Tree under Difficulties[180]
Valuation of Land in Different Sections[181]
Brood Mares and Colts[182]
Healthfulness of Country[183]
Preparation for Feast of Holy Ghost[184]
Correspondence with a Warm Friend[185]
Personal Appreciation of Col. Lorenço[186]
Parting with our Best Friend[187]
Unpleasant Travelling[188]
Arrival at Rio Claro[189]
A Day with Dr. Gattiker[190]
Trouble from Loss of Mule-Shoe[191]
Value of Horses and Mules[192]
Value of Different Articles[193]
Varieties of Useful Timber[194]
Specimens of Native Grass[195]
Large Dinner Party[196]
Addresses—Toasts[197]
Water of Streams for Drinking[198]
Return to Campinas[199]
Dinner Party at Campinas[200]
Complimentary Addresses[201]
Awkward Blunder[202]
Music and Refreshments[203]
German Colony[204]
House of Entertainment[205]
Arrival at Cachoeira[206]
Difficulties of Railroad Construction[207]
The Lost Trunk[208]
Audience with President[209]
Emigration Society Organized[210]
Cross on the Roadside[211]
Fazenda Bananal[212]
Comfortable Dwelling[213]
Romantically-Situated Lake[214]
Rare Combination of Beauties[215]
Courtesy by a Stranger[216]
Arrival at Santos[217]
Attend Theatre with Friends[218]
Soldiers—Sea-Sickness[219]
Return to Rio Janeiro[220]
Dinner at Botafogo[221]
Arrival of a New Southern Delegation[222]
Handbook for Emigrants[223]
Hospitality at Caju[224]
Report to Minister of Agriculture[225]
Introduction of Friends[226]
Arrangement for Further Investigation[227]
Antagonism to Slavery Increasing[228]
Tannery in São Christovão[229]
Butchering Establishment[230]
No General Market in Rio[231]
Botanical Garden[232]
Collection of Rare Specimens[233]
Government Agent to Accompany us[234]
Shopping in Rio[235]
Cheap Ferriage[236]
Examination of Site on the Beach[237]
Ascent of Monteserrate[238]
Arrangements Complete for Conceicão[239]
Oldest Settlement in Brazil[240]
A Novel Turnout[241]
An Original Idea for Progression[242]
Pedestrian Performances[243]
Dreary Abode at Conceicão[244]
Visit to an Old Convent[245]
Ascent of River in a Canoe[246]
Vagabondism has Few Cares[247]
A New Remedy for Debility[248]
Sample of Lands and Products[249]
Trade for Otter Skins[250]
Cargoes for Approaching Festival[251]
“Paying the Piper”[252]
A Brazilian Gentleman[253]
High-Pressure Postilions[254]
Almost a Disaster[255]
Reconnoissance of City Lots[256]
Lime-Factory—Tannery[257]
Tanning not Neat, but Profitable[258]
Examination of a Coast Farm[259]
Attractive Site on Beach[260]
Collision Growing out of Slave-Trade[261]
Brick and Tile Factory[262]
Favorable Report of Cananea[263]
Free Travel—Sporting Students[264]
Ascent of Inclined Plane[265]
Difficulties of Railroading[266]
Religious Tolerance Conditional[267]
Wet and Dry Seasons[268]
Free Land to Emigrants[269]
Missionary Operations[270]
A Catholic Priest Converted[271]
Ordination by Presbytery[272]
Prospective Extension of Railroad[273]
Pack-Mules Laden with Cotton[274]
Arrival at Itu[275]
Fine Collection of Fruits[276]
Good Site for Machinery[277]
Extensive Quarry[278]
General Use of Tooth-Picks[279]
Cheap Rents at Porto Feliz[280]
An Intelligent Mulatto Priest[281]
The Negro Taint[282]
Iron-Works at Epanema[283]
An Opening for Capitalists[284]
Good Quarters at Sorocaba[285]
Non-observance of Christmas[286]
Pleasant Evening-Party[287]
Whips and Riding Outfit[288]
Campos and Cultivated Slopes[289]
Goitre and Leprosy[290]
Town of Itapetininga[291]
Cotton-Gin by Leg-Power[292]
Corn, Cotton, Potatoes[293]
Manure Advantageous[294]
Stock-Farm Enclosure[295]
Report from Major Meriwether[296]
Land on the Road to Lençoes[297]
Festivities of New Year’s Eve[298]
Sad Thoughts[299]
Kindness of a Catholic Vicar[300]
Procession of Our Lady of Conception[301]
The Priest’s Family[302]
Females Riding Astride[303]
Leaving Paranapanema[304]
Aspect of the Country[305]
Bedbugs Rare—Fleas Plenty[306]
Dodging the Recruiting Officer[307]
Backwoodsman’s Dwelling[308]
Table Arrangements[309]
Sleeping Accommodations[310]
Peculiar Custom after Eating[311]
Leather Breeches Don’t Tear[312]
Hunting Stray Mules[313]
A Night in the Forest[314]
A Sliding Scale of Travel[315]
Most Excruciating Roads[316]
Limestone, Lead and Iron Ore[317]
Killing Cobras[318]
Plan for Descent of River[319]
Deficient Cotton Culture[320]
Coffee Trees—Rice-Mill[321]
Salubrity of Climate[322]
Fish—Scenery[323]
Regular Dug-Out Canoe[324]
Speaking Portuguese[325]
Rolling Scaffolds—Saw-Mill[326]
Cost of Travel by Water[327]
Cotton of Four Years Growth[328]
Ponto-Grosso—Cotton and Corn[329]
Successful Transplanting of Cotton[330]
Change of Rice Seed[331]
Mandioca of Two Kinds[332]
Cotton Grown without Ploughing[333]
Rice and Fish for Food[334]
Nest of Mahogany-Backs[335]
Fishing with Gill-Net[336]
Special Examination of Lands[337]
Healthfulness of Locality[338]
Beautiful Country[339]
Fine Water-Power[340]
Coffee Trees Heavily Laden[341]
Forest Lands—Mosquitoes[342]
Mountainous Aspect of Country[343]
Hedges—Timber Abundant[344]
Braço de Gado River[345]
Wood-Rats—Troublesome Fly[346]
Original Forest—Secondary Growth[347]
Absence of Rain for Five Days[348]
Land for Depot Tendered[349]
Favorable-Looking Crops[350]
Terms of Sale for Private Lands[351]
Noble Hospitality at Caiacauga[352]
Large Production of Corn[353]
Location for Growing Coffee[354]
Artificial Channel near River[355]
Interview with Mr. Dunn[356]
Epidemic at Ignape[357]
Southern Families at Cananea[358]
One of the Oldest Settlements[359]
Very Fatal Bloody Flux[360]
Temperance of City of Santos[361]
Government of Brazil[362]
Mints, Banks, Schools[363]
On Board a Steamship[364]
Again in Rio Janeiro[365]
Preparing Report of Observations[366]
Boarding-House by Southern Family[367]
Warehouse for Agricultural Implements[368]
Generosity of Mr. C. Nathan[369]
Measures to Promote Immigration[370]
Divisions of Soil and Territory[371]
Transportation—Communication[372]
Agricultural and other Resources[373]
Character of Brazilians[374]
Contents[375]

[1]. The adoption of a British flag by this ship-owner during the progress of the war enabled him to continue sailing upon the high seas, and his sentiments being known to the confederate cruisers, secured one of his vessels from destruction, that fell into their hands.

As vessels of Great Britain and the United States are more largely occupied in navigating the high seas than those of other nationalities, it is the custom of those meeting upon the ocean to hail in English, and there is scarcely a captain in charge of a vessel of any nation that is not sufficiently acquainted with the English language to communicate in this way with another.

The code of signals used by the English have been adopted by all nations navigating the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific; and thus vessels communicate with each other upon any matter desired, without being in speaking distance.

[2]. This discount upon United States money is practised very often upon strangers by those occupying other positions than hucksters, but a dollar in gold or silver coin of the United States will command two millreas of Brazilian money in most respectable business establishments of Rio de Janeiro, and is generally valued at this rate by exchange brokers. Upon this standard one dump is worth two cents, and I should have received twelve dumps and a half for my quarter instead of the ten which were given. It will save the reader who may go to Rio more than the price of this book, to keep in mind what is stated in this note.

[3]. Captain Lee informs me that in August, 1864, there sailed from Bahia a vessel containing over one hundred of these liberated negroes in families, men, and women, and children, who were bound for Africa, with the expectation of remaining in that country. They expressed a hope of being able to exert a favorable influence upon the natives, and it would be a very interesting part of their history to know whether they have lapsed into barbarism or have improved those with whom their lot is cast in Africa.

[4]. This gentleman has since ceased to be the chief engineer of the railroad, and his brother now occupies the position.

[5]. This admirable disinfecting establishment was subsequently visited. The materials are pumped from the reservoir, which is below the level of the water, and subjected to the action of various articles, among which I recognized alum, lime and charcoal, after which a deposit of the solid portions is formed in receptacles of immense proportions.

The fluid being acted upon by these agents, and then filtered, is rendered so entirely free from impurities that we were informed the superintendent drank some of it on the occasion of a visit by the Emperor, to illustrate the perfection of the process of disinfection. Delicious draught, no doubt!