Capoeira (second growth of forest), 79, 90, 120, 121, 131, 178, 412 Cara. Vide Yams
Carandahy, 25, 44; origin of name, 25 note; hotel accommodation at, 25, 32
Carne secca (sun-dried beef), 38, 60 Carrapatos (bush ticks), 31, 38, 77, 86, 109, 111, 119, 173; precautions against, 86; note on, 407
Carril, bay of, 7
Carrinho (small ox-cart), 136 Carros. Vidde Ox-carts
Castor-oil, 51, 59, 60, 68, 134, 172; lamps, 36, 58, 126 Catamaran (raft), 245, 275 Channel fleet at Vigo, 8 Chapels, crude ornamentation of, 106. Vide Entre Rios Cheap living, 81
Chickens, 64; stew, 38, 85; roast, 107; cost of, 81; method of packing, 125, 126; black skinned, 211 Chillies, 134, 418
Cidade do Rio de Peixe, 54, 72; ac-
commodation at, 72
Cigarette making, 60
Cintra Hills (Lisbon), 9, 251 Ciriema (ostrich), 38, 75, 87, 362 Civil marriage at Bordeaux, 6 Cleanliness not a Brazilian virtue, 112 Clever cat, a, 51
Climate, healthiness of, Minas Geraes, 27, 57
Cloudless nights, 110. Vide Weather Coal, Brazilian name for, 123 note Coati, 34, 246; note on, 347 Cockroaches, note on, 403 Cocks and hens, cost of, 82 Cocoanut trees, 246
Coffee, 25, 51, 60, 68, 134, 142; cost of, 39, 81; plantations, 134, 180
Coinage and currency, note on, 301; the empire in difficulties, 302, 303; paper currency, 302; copper, 301, 302; depreciation of the milreis, 303
Cold nights in the tropics, 27. Vide Weather
Collections, requests to make, 120 Comet, 142, 332
Communicants. Vide Religion Conservatives, 61, 114, 143, 293, 296 Cookery book, native, 92 Corcovado (Rio de Janeiro), 19, 23, 185, 199, 200, 212, 213, 224, 424; ascents of, 204, 225; colony proposed at Peineiras, 206; railway, 205, 212; geology, 424; view from summit, 207
Coronel João Luiz de Oliveira Campos (Fazenda da Mata), 56, 58, 71 Corruption in Government offices, 190,
Confiscation of convent property, 188 Cost of, beef, 148; cachaça, 82; chickens, 81; cocks and hens, 82; coffee, 39, 81; composite candles, 39; cucum- bers, 130; eggs, 81; farinha, 81; grapes, 130; kids, 148; limes, 130; native wine, 72; pork, 82; Portu- guese white wine, 81 ; potatoes, 138; rice, 81; sugar, 39, 82; Swedish matches, 82
Cost of transport, 28
Cotopaxi, S.S., P.S.N.C., I, 13, 45, 209; log of outward passage in, 257; electric light on board, 7; fire-drill, 15; thanks to Captain Hayes, 255 Cotton, 51, 72, 134; cotton plant, 172 Cowardice of natives, 81, 85, 86 Creepers. Vide Llianas Crickets, 95, 110, 403
Cruelty, in killing cattle on board, 17; to animals, 41, 67, 125, 197 Cucumbers, 129, 134, 136; cost of, 130 Cultivation, scanty, 42, 134 Custom house, Liverpool, 201; Rio de Janeiro, 21
Deaf and dumb, 143, 144 Death, of H.R. H. the Duke of Albany, 171; of Mr. George Ransom, 85 note; of the Major do Cortume, 100 Decimal system, note on, 300 Delays, at funeral, 102; by ox-carts,
28, 39, 124, 125, 126; postal service, 44, 48; railways, 30, 31, 32, 42; theatres, 46; in transmitting letters, 77; luggage, 80
Delinquencies, postal, 49, 146, 167 Deluges, tropical, 96. Vide Thunder-
storms and Weather Dermaptera (Orthoptera), notes on, 402; cockroaches, 403; locusts and grass- hoppers, 403
Dinner in camp, 85, 108
Emigrants, 7, 8, 251; singing of, 14. Vide Immigration
Emperor of Brazil, H. M. the, 22, 165,
191, 235, 291, 292, 295 Engineer, fiscal, of Minas Geraes, 148, 152
Engineering, difficulties, 424; experi-
ences, 35, 39, 42; feats, 25, 215; in the rain, 29, 121, 131; railway exploration, 31, 35, 42, 66, 73, 77, 170, 171; scheme of our railway, 170; plans and drawings, 85, 148, 151, 170; passed by the President, 156; completion of outdoor work, 139, 171
Entre Rios (Brumado), Cidade de, 35,
36, 41; beef, 148; chapel, 146; church, 145, 150; description of town and principal inhabitants, 149; foreign musicians, 154; foreign ped- lars, 153; Grand Hotel, 150; house hire, 141; my house and garden, 141, 142; Hôtel Entre Riano, 140; huts of the poor, 150, 151; kids, 148; luxuriant vegetation, 151; Missa cantata, 146; main street, 145; mo- notonous life. 173; my guests, 161, 166; our office, the chief's house and garden, 147; post-office, 146; care- lessness at, 146; railway time-table (proposed), 151; shops or stores, 142 Epiphany in camp, 129
Espirito Santo (coast of), 18, 241 Evolution theory, article on, 379; Mr. W. C. Hewitson and Mr. R. Trimen, 379; objection to the theory, 380; harmony between revelation and na- ture, 380; the reason of conflicting opinions, 380; unity in variety, 381; evolution does not account for phe- nomena, 381; degeneration, 381, 382; man and his capabilities, 382; the true object in studying nature, 383; Dr. Vianna de Lima's book, 383 note Exports from Minas Geraes, 61; coffee, 210; from Minas, 262
Exposed rocks, 79. Vide Waterfalls
Falkland Islands, 15, 16 Familiarity of slaves, 33 Fan palms, 37, 200
Fazendas: Da Boa Vista, 37; do Campo Novo, 52; do Cortume, 79, 97, 101, 105; visit of bishops to, 267; devoid of comfort, 52; do En- genho, 136; Fructuoso, 64, 70; da Mata, 56, 71; da Pedra Branca, 51; Padre Pinto's, 135, 138; do Sape- cado, 56
Fernando de Noronha, 18, 124; note on, 272
Ferns, 93, 97, 98, 173, 413, 414, 416 Fête du Tropique, 14
Fever among the Staff in Pará Valley,
Financial condition of Brazil, note on, 304; details of Budgets, 1823-1880, 305; colonization, 306; foreign and home debt, 307; expedients of the Treasury, 307; bad management, 308; officialism, 308; suggested re- forms, 310; outlook for investors, 311; table showing realized loans, 312; notes on recent and current Budgets, 313; report of Brazilian Finance Minister for 1885, 314 Fire drill on board Cotopaxi, 15 Fireflies (beetles), 77, 95, 114, 124, 392, 397
Fireplaces, non-existent in Minas, 145, 317
Fires, disastrous, in plantations, 57 Fireworks, 23, 197, 198
Freed blacks, 58, 116, 283, 288 Fruit trees uncared for, 147
Funerals, 101, 133, 155, 167; music
at, 103; priests at, 104 Furniture of houses, 36, 155 Future life of animals, 67
Garonne (river), 5, 7 Gavião (hawk), 85, 86, 361 Geology, 120; article on, 421; lime- stone caves and their fossils, 421; gneissic formations, 422; decompo- sition of gneiss, 422; formation of canyons, 422; divides, 423; valleys of denudation, 423; Organ Moun- tains, 423; Petropolis Railway, 423, 424; Sugar Loaf, Pedra da Gavea, Corcovado, Pedra da Fortaleza, 424 ; engineering difficulties, 424; Dom Pedro II. Railway, 425; views of Darwin, Agassiz, Liais, Hartt, Capa- nema, 425; glacial theory examined, 425; action of vegetation, animals, etc., on surface of the soil, 426; cabeçudo ants, termites, 426; glacial period, 426; erratic (?) blocks, 427; thickness of gneiss, 427 Gironde (river), 3, 4, 252 Glass eye, a, 47, 150, 174 Glover, Mr. William H., 45, 212 Goat cart, 56 Goitre, 36, 64
Good qualities of natives, 83. Vide Native customs
Gooseberry (gabiroba), 127, 134, 418 Gorges, 90, 424. Vide Waterfalls
Hanging birds'-nests, 59; note on, 359 Hargreaves, Senhor, 27, 28, 179 Health affected by rainy season, 128,
Healthiness of climate (Minas), 27 Hector, Mr. William, 211 Hemiptera, list of, collected, 405 Hills (morros), Rio de Janeiro, 207, 212 Hill of Pedra Branca, 50, 74 Hoffmann, Mr. Robert G., 211 Homoptera, list of, collected, 404 Honey bees, use of resin by, 90. Vide Hymenoptera Hornets, 28
Hospitality in Minas-Engineers at Queluz, 27; fazendeiros, 38, 51, 52, 56, 58, 60, 64, 65, 70, 71, 97, 101, 102; Sr. Hargreaves, 27, 28; Sr. João Baptista, q.v.; priests, 63, 68; poor natives, 76; sermon on, 63 Hostility to railway, 81, 168 Hotels: Brumado, 140; Carandahy,
25, 32; Lafayette (Queluz), 179; Paraopeba, 30, 32, 75; Rio de Janeiro, 24, 46, 182 (Carson's). House construction, 33 House hire, cost of, 30, 141 Humming birds, 75; notes on, 360, 363 Hymenoptera, notes on: Highest orders of insects, 399; bees and wasps, 399; ants, 400
Idleness of natives, 42, 43. Vide In- dolence
Illegal proceedings of Government, 188 Immigration, 134, 307 note Importation of food, 42, 61 Indians, 65; wild, 70
Indolence of natives, 122, 123, 134, 147. Vide Delays
Inflamed scratches, 128, 141
Inn, at Serra, 36; Camapuão, 125
Intermarriage within prohibited degrees, 143, 192
Invitation to funeral, 101
Ipecacuanha, derivation of name, 421 Iron trunks, value of, in wet season, 126 Islands: Abrolhos, 18; Canary, 13,
14, 250; Gran Canaria, 13, 14, 250; emigrants, 251; Canary wine, 251; Cape Verd, 15, 250; weird appear- ance, 248; S. Antonio, 249; Falk- land, 15, 16; S. Paul's Rocks, 17; Fernando de Noronha, 18, 124; note on, 272; Ilha do Governador (bay of Rio), 198, 213
Italians, 53, 123, 179; musicians, 154; priests, 53
Jiggers, 38, 144, 191; note on, 409 João Baptista de Oliveira e Souza, Senhor, 36, 50, 148, 150, 152, 171, 174; disinterestedness, 153; his family, 143; his house, 150, 154; hospitality, 41, 74, 140, 142, 153, 154; makes butter, 172; present to, 83
João de Barro (bird), 59, 359 Joaquim Gonçalves de Souza, Sr., 126, 136; his fazenda, 136
Joaquim Ribeiro de Oliveira, Senhor, 142, 156; his daughter, a splendid musician, 143, 147; hospitality, 152 Joscelino Pacheco de Souza, Senhor, 136, 149
Juiz de Fora (city), 143
"Kill the worm," 84
Killing cattle on board, 17 Knives, native, 60
Ladies at dinner, 44 Lafayette (Queluz), 178, 179; hotel, 179
Lagoon Rodriguez de Freitas, 22, 208 Language, Brazilian, 351 note; inter- change of 7 and r, 56 note Larangeiras (Rio), 204 Laranginha (orange gin), 81, 92 Large, Mr. Thomas W., 146, 155, 170, 171, 183, 192, 199, 212, 225. Vide Camp of second section
Lassitude in summer, 122
Lattmann, Mr. A. (New York), 211 Leather trunks, bad for wet season, 127
Lemons, 70, 73, 134 Letter, a curious, 49
Liais, M. Emmanuel, quoted, 262, 263, 264, 316-321, 345, 347, 348, 349, 350, 352, 353-356, 357, 358, 366, 421 note, 422, 423, 425, 426, 427 Liberals, 61, 143. Vide Slavery Libraries, priests', 63, 69 Limes, 134; cost of, 130
Lisbon, 9; aqueduct, 11; Belem tower, "Black Horse square," 10; 9, 251; lunch, 12; jewellers' shops, 10; public gardens, 10; quarantine, 251;
Square of the rolling motion," 12; sub-tropical plants, 10, 11; tram- ways, 10; waterworks, 11
List of fruits, vegetables, etc., 134 Liverpool Custom House, 255
Lizards, 89, 92; flesh of, 92; note on, 365
Llianas, 54, 91, 131, 132; used in
building log huts, 80
Locomotive engines, 26, 31, 42, 269 Locusts and grasshoppers, note on, 403
Log of outward passage, 257; return
passage, 258
Longevity, 57, 58 note
Ludicrous predicament, 177
Lunar rainbow, 152
Mackenzie, Mr. Colin, 212 Maize (Indian corn), 37, 52, 55, 60, 72, 134, 172; angú (porridge), 135, 172; biscuits (broas), 84, 135; canjica (boiled maize), 64, 135; cattle food, 135; farinha, 135; flour (fuba), 84, 135; fried pop-corn, (pipoca) 61; large yield, 124; luxuriant growth, 135; mattresses, 26, 36, 52, 126; plantations, 172; sponge cake (mamath), 68; straw for cigarettes, 60; winnowing, 70
Major João Ferreira do Cortume, 79; death, 100; funeral, 101
Mandioc, 52, 55, 73, 134, 419; cost of,
81; farinha, 36, 39, 60, 62, 77, 85; preparation of, 41, 58, 419; tapioca, 41, 419; biscoitos de polvilho, 41, 65, 84
Mango trees, 185, 222
Mantiqueira range, 25, 260; tunnel through, 25
Maranhão market, 211
Marimbombos (wasps), 85, 122, 399 Marmelada (quince), 61, 134
Marmosets, 73, 185, 243, 247, 345 Marriage, at Bordeaux, 6; at Queluz, 27
Marshes (brejos), 93, 121, 122, 125, 139, 412, 414 Mass. Vide Religion "Matar o bicho," 84
Matches, Swedish, cost of, 82
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