INDEX

Acre, territory of, 179, 254, 348.

Agassiz, Louis, 187.

Agriculture, 126, 354.

Agricultural colleges, 225.

Alagoas, state of, 42.

Alta da Serra, 80.

Amazon, the, 7, 164 et seq., 354, 375.

Amazonas, state of, 6, 188, 333.

Ambition of Brazilians, 209.

Americans, 115, 209, 222, 225, 240, 245, 253, 342, 344, 356, 360.

Americanos, 1.

American Ambassador, 82, 324.

American Bible Society, work of, 297.

American colony, 134.

Anchieta, José, 292.

Andes, the, 4, 378.

Anglican Church, 301.

Ants, 173.

Ant hills, 111.

Ant-bear, 169.

Aracajú, 42.

Araguary, 244.

Architecture, 231-4.

Area of Brazil, 371.

Argentina, Republic of, 281.

Arid land, 43-4.

Aristocracy, 206.

Army, the, 277-9.

Ascuncion, capital of Paraguay, 163.

Automobiles, 66, 111.

Avenida Central, 53, 63, 277.

Bagé 249.

Bahia, city of, 20, 28-36, 194, 293, 308, 323;

bay of, 30;

state of, 39.

Bamboos, 84.

Baptist Church, 301.

Barbosa, Ruy, 230, 351.

Barra do Pirahy, 110.

Bauru, 247.

Beef, salted, 157-9.

Beira Mar, Avenida, 53, 55.

Belem, 109.

Belem (Pará), 181.

Bello Horizonte, 96.

Bibliography, 382.

Bilac, Olavo, 229.

Birds, 171.

Bolivia, Republic of, 254, 348.

Bombilla, 150.

“Bonds,” 72.

Botanical Garden, 82-5.

Brazil, vastness of, 2;

boundaries of, 4;

history of, 19, 323 et seq.;

kingdom of, 314;

empire of, 323;

republic of, 14, 16, 334 et seq.

Brazil nuts, 175.

Brazil-wood, 305.

Buenos Aires, 162, 250, 381.

Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, 19, 304.

Cacao, 255.

Cajú, the, 3.

Campinas, 125, 262.

Camocim, 253.

Campos Salles, Manoel Ferraz de, 346.

Cannibalism, 190, 192.

Capitancias, 20, 307.

Capricorn, Tropic of, 2, 142.

Carioca Aqueduct, 58.

Carriages, 65.

Carigadores, 65, 112.

Carbonados, 108.

Carnival, 211.

Catamaran boats, 25.

Caxias, Duke of, 58.

Ceará, state and city of, 44, 253, 333.

Central Railway, 95, 100, 109, 239.

Chile, Republic of, 281.

Church, Catholic, 287 et seq.

Climate, 11, 354.

Coast, extent of, 4.

Coal, 160.

Coffee, Cultivation of, 63, 95, 102, 110, 127, 131, 144, 203-7, 243, 257, 260 et seq.;

picking of, 267;

commission houses, 270;

production of, 274.

“Coffee King,” the, 129.

Colors, bright, 32, 70.

Colonies, government, 122.

Conservatives, the, 327.

Constant, Benjamin, 335.

Congress, 71, 207, 321, 338.

Conveyances, 111.

Cortes, the, of Portugal, 316, 318.

Corcovado, 4, 79, 88-9.

Cotton, 27.

Cotton mills, 94.

Courtesy, 199.

Cow tree, 85.

Cubras, Braz, 143.

Curytiba, 146, 147.

Customs, 52, 60, 62, 64, 111, 199 et seq., 276, 315.

Cuya, the, 150.

Cuyaba, 161.

Deodoro da Fonseca, President, 336, 339.

Diaz, Gonçalves, the poet, 228.

Diamantina, 241.

Diamonds, 103-8.

Diseases, 13.

Docks, 57.

Dom Pedro I, 58, 118, 315 et seq.

Dom Pedro II, 1, 324 et seq.

Dreadnaughts, new, 284.

Dumont Fazenda, 132.

Dust, 111.

Dutch, settlements of, 21, 26, 309.

Easter, 297.

Education, 241 et seq., 286, 373.

Elections, 211, 352.

English language, 116, 221.

England, 366.

Entre Rios, 95.

Equator, the, 23.

Espirito Santo, state of, 251, 252.

Estacio de Sá, 50.

Eu, Countess d’, 328, 331, 337.

Exposition, 73.

Exports, 358, 362.

Export tax, 273.

Expensiveness of living, 355.

Farina, 94.

Fazenderos, 126, 194.

Fazenda da Lapa, 126.

Federal District, 72.

Feijó, Padre, 323.

Festas, 211.

Fish, 61, 169.

Fiscal Island, 79.

Floriano Peixoto, President, 280, 339, 340.

Florianapolis, 151.

Flumenense, 49.

Fortaleza, 45, 253.

France, 205.

Fruits, 60, 126.

Gambling, 117.

Germans in Brazil, 147, 152, 159, 366.

German Lutheran Church, 301.

Gold Mining, 100-2.

Gonçalves Diaz, 53.

Goyaz, state of, 244.

Graft, 204, 327.

Granberry College, 223, 300.

Grass, 71.

Great Western Railway, 252.

Guayra, falls of, 11.

Guianas, the, 4.

Hermes da Fonseca, Marshal, 351.

Hevea rubber, 183.

History, 58, 98, 118, 304 et seq.

Holidays, 211.

Hospitals, 59.

Hotels, 380.

Houses, 32, 34.

Huguenots, the, 20, 308.

Humming birds, 86, 171.

Iguassú, falls and river of, 9, 248.

Ilex Paraguayensis, 148-50.

Illiteracy, 214.

Immigration, 120, 353.

Imports, 358, 362.

Import duties, 355.

Independence, 317.

Indians, 176, 190, 192;

religion of, 287-291.

Infants, hospital for, 59.

Insects, 119, 172.

Instituto Agronomico, 126.

Inspectors, 209.

Iquitos, 8, 179.

Iron, 102.

Italians, 111, 122.

Itajahý, 77.

Itapura, 9.

Itatiaia, Mt., 5.

Jaguar, the, 167.

Japura River, 377.

Jardim Botanico, 83.

Jesuits, the, 20, 288, 310.

John, King, of Portugal, 21, 313-5.

Juiz de Fora, 95, 300.

Jundiahy, 246, 256.

Jurua River, 377.

Lagoa dos Patos, 153.

Lane, Horace M., 222.

La Plata River, 161.

Leopoldina Railway, the, 95, 250.

Liberals, the, 327.

Literature, 227-9.

Lloyd Brazilian Co., 19.

Lopez, the Paraguayan dictator, 325.

Lotteries, 52, 116.

Luz station, 258.

Maceio, 42, 252.

Mackenzie College, 222.

Madeira-Mamoré Railway, the, 253-6.

Madeira River, 8, 185, 254, 376.

Mammão, 36, 37.

Manaos, 12, 170, 178, 183, 189.

Mango, the, 36.

Maniçoba Rubber, 45.

Mangue, Avenida do, 56.

Mandioca, 93.

Manganese, 103.

Manatee, the “river cow,” 170.

Marmosette monkeys, 37.

Markets, 60.

Maranhão, state of, 253, 323;

river, 245.

Matto Grosso, 6, 161-3, 247.

Maté, 148-150.

Matosinhos, shrine of, 296.

Mauá, the, 53.

Mello, Admiral, 280, 341.

Methodist Episcopal Church South, 81, 300.

Military service, 278.

Minas Geraes, 95 et seq., 110, 240, 280, 311.

Mining, 100 et seq.

Missionaries, Jesuit, 288;

Protestant, 290.

Mogyana Railway, the, 127, 243.

Monroe Doctrine, 368.

Monroe Palace, 53, 54.

Montevideo, 381.

Money, Brazilian, 37.

Monkeys, 61, 168.

Monte Alegre plantation, 129.

Moraes Barros, Prudente José de, 344.

Morro do Castillo, 50.

Morro Velho mine, 102.

Morality, 201.

Mountains, 5, 8, 92, 109.

Municipal Theatres, 118, 233.

Museums, 71, 119.

Natal, 44, 252.

National Library, 71.

Navy, the, 280;

revolt of, 280-5, 341.

Negroes, 32-4, 194-7, 311;

religion of, 288.

Negro, Rio, 8.

Nervousness of Brazilians, 64.

New York, 23.

Newspapers, 67, 116, 230.

Niagara, comparison with, 9.

Nictheroy, 77, 251.

Normal School, 220.

Northwestern Railway, the, 247.

Norte-Americanos, 1.

November, 15th of, 60.

Novo Friburgo, 91.

Old Rio, 74.

Opinion, public, 210.

Oranges, 36.

Orchids, 86.

Ordem e Progreso, 17.

Ouro Preto, 98, 100.

Ouvidor Rua, 52, 64.

Palm, the, 36, 81, 83, 174-5.

Panama, lesson of, 13.

Pan American Conference, 55.

Pan American Railway, the, 247.

Pará, state of, 179;

city of, 12, 180-3, 254, 294, 323.

Paraguayan war, 282, 325.

Paraguay River, 8, 161-2.

Paraguay tea, 148-150.

Paraná River, 8.

Paraná, state of, 6, 12, 147-9.

Paranaguá, 145, 146.

Parahyba River, 95, 111.

Parahyba, state of, 43.

Parasites, 86.

Parks, 57.

Parrots, 171.

Paulistas, the, 20, 193, 291, 310.

Paulista Railway, the, 125, 242.

Paulo Affonso Falls, 46-7.

Peçanha, Dr. Nilo, 350.

Pelotas, 153, 157.

Penna, Dr. Affonso, 97, 344.

People, the, 92, 192 et seq.

Pernambuco, 20, 25-7, 33, 252, 306;

state of, 27, 260.

Peru, 254.

Petropolis, 78-81, 91, 300.

Pianos, 65.

Piauhy, 45.

Pine, 147.

Piracicaba, 246.

Plains, 6.

Politics, 203-6, 352.

Police, 66.

Polytechnic School, 220.

Ponta Grossa, 10, 146, 248.

Population, 371.

Portugal, 50, 304.

Portuguese, the, 20, 198.

Porto Alegre, 153, 159, 249.

Presbyterian Church, 301.

Press, the, 230.

Protestant churches, 299 et seq.

Protestant Episcopal Church, 301.

Purus River, 376.

Railways, 161, 236 et seq., 379.

Rain, 69, 177.

Rainfall, 7.

Recife, 25-7.

Red soil, 128.

Religion, 191, 287 et seq.

Revolution, 146.

Revenue, sources of, 263-5.

Rhododendrons, 81.

Riberão Preto, 125, 128.

Rice, 146.

Rio de Janeiro, 11, 41, 48 et seq., 234, 283, 301, 309, 311;

state of, 77, 251;

bay of, 77, 89.

Rio Grande do Norte, 25, 43.

Rio Grande do Sul, 153, 325, 340;

state of, 6, 12, 16, 152 et seq., 279.

Rio Negro, 179, 377.

Rio de la Plata, 7.

Rio Vermelho, 35.

Rivers, 7.

Rodrigues Alves, Francisco de Paulo, 347.

Roman Catholic, 222.

Root, Secretary, 139, 368.

Rubber, 133, 178, 180, 183-7, 255;

trees, 85.

Saldanha de Gama, Admiral, 280, 341.

Salt, 44.

Salted meats, 61.

Santa Maria and Uruguay Railway, the, 249.

Santo Antonio, 254.

Santa Catharina, 151.

San Roque, Cape of, 3, 25.

San Sebastian, 50.

Santa Theresa, convent of, 88.

Santos, 143-5, 256, 307.

São Paulo, state of, 109 et seq., 196, 262, 279, 334.

São Paulo Railway, the, 125, 142, 256-8.

São Paulo-Rio Grande Railway, the, 248.

São Francisco River, 45-7.

São Salvador, 29.

Schmidt, Francisco, 129.

Senador Pompeu, 253.

Serra do Mar, 5, 88, 146, 258.

Sergipe, state of, 42.

Shipping, 182.

Shrines, 295.

Slavery, 195;

abolishment of, 330-4.

Sloth, 168.

Smith, Clinton D., 225.

Snakes, 174.

Society, 82.

Solimoes River, 178.

Sorocobana Railway, the, 245.

South America, republics of, 4.

Spain, 309.

Spaniards, 21.

State militia, 279.

Statistics, 371-4.

Steamers, 236.

Stones, precious, 103-8.

Subsidies, 207.

Sugar Loaf, 41, 50, 89.

Suggestions for travellers, 378.

Sunset, 24.

Sunday in Brazil, 297.

Survey, lack of, 6.

Tapajoz River, 179, 375.

Tapioca, 94.

Taubaté agreement, 273.

Temperate zone, 159.

Temperature, 11.

Terra Roxa, 128, 263.

Theatres, 68, 233.

Therezopolis, 91.

Therizina, 45.

Tieté River, 9, 116, 247.

Tijuca, 79, 83, 87.

Timber, 124, 187-8, 251.

Tiradentes, 98, 313.

Tocantins River, 179, 375.

Toucan, 171.

Tramways, 72.

Transformation of Rio, 68.

Treasury, 67.

Tropical vegetation, 86.

Tropical jungle, 164-7.

Turtles, 170.

Turkey-buzzards, 178.

Uberaponga, falls of, 11.

Undeveloped resources, 124.

United States, 13, 338, 358, 360.

Uruguay, 160, 250;

war with, 320.

Uruguay River, 8, 161.

Uruguayana, Rua, 56.

Urubuhunga, falls of, 9.

Valorization, coffee, 272.

Vasari, the, 23, 360.

Vegetation, 70.

Vespucci, Amerigo, 305.

Victoria, 251, 252.

Victoria Regis lily, 86.

Villa Americana, 134.

Vines, 166.

Watercourses, 7.

Waterfalls, 8, 46.

Water power, 124.

Whaling, 27.

Women, 64, 71, 202-4.

Xarque, 157.

Xavier, Joachim, 98.

Xingu River, 179, 375.

Young Men’s Christian Association, 302.

Ypiranga, 58, 118.

MAP OF BRAZIL

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