of transport, 28; fiscal engineer, 148, 152; hospitality, q.v.; house construction, 33; schoolboys, 43; shops, 33; population, 267; state of crime in, 123; the President, 29, 152, 156; traffic on main roads, 39, 99 Minas Geraes Meteorology-Cold in winter, 27, 28; dry season, 28; snow, 115; severe winter of 1870, 316; explanation, 318; hail, 319; storms and rain, 320; mists, 321; meteorological notes, at Casa Grande, 322; Serra, 322; Olhos d'Agua, 325; Camapuão, 328; Entre Rios (Brumado), 331; note on thermo- metrical and barometrical readings, 331
Minas Geraes: Notes on the province -First explorations, 259; contest for supremacy, 260; area, 260; mountain ranges, 260; rivers, 261; exports, 262; the mines, 262; poli- tical representatation, 265; curious names of parishes, 265; ecclesiastical division, 267
Minas Geraes: Railways, note on, 267 ; Dom Pedro II., 268; Oeste de Minas (São João del Rey), 269, 271; Ouro Pretana, 269; Leopoldina, 270; Minas and Rio, 270; Minas Central, 270
Mince-pies, 154 Mint sauce, 148
Mocata (rice and cow-heels), 64 Monjolo (water-mill), 137 Monkeys, 90, 139; note on, 345 Moon, magnificent, 95
Morritt, Mr. William (Petropolis), 253 Morritt, Mr. John M. (Petropolis), 218 Morros (hills), Rio de Janeiro, 20, 183, 197, 207, 212. Vide Rio de Janeiro,
Mosquitoes, 23, 122, 139 Moths, 91; list of one hundred and
forty-nine species collected, 276 Mountain scenery (Petropolis), 218
Mud birds'-nests, 59, 359 Musical evenings, 71, 114, 116
Native bridges, 55, 66, 103, 136, 178; coffins, 102, 103, 155, 167; furniture of houses, 36, 69; gardens, 37, 68, 127, 134; letters, 49, 101; produce, 90, 134; roads, 29, 41, 99, 133; road crosses, 35, 80, 159
Native customs, 56, 60; unchanged for
two hundred years, 51; camping out, 40; children ask a blessing, 112; cigarette making, 60; cruelty to animals, 41, 67, 125, 197; doctoring horses, 50; familiarity, 33; going to Mass, 62; home life, 113; ladies at dinner, 44; sleeping in clothes, 26; visitors, 69, 113, 127, 129, 139, 154, 161
Native food, 25, 39, 57, 163; break- fast, 29, 53; butter, 172; cooks, 75, 85, 140, 145, 170, 177; cookery, 62, 85, 107; cookery book, 92; dinner, 29, 36; ovens, 148; poisoned fish, 71; salt, 61, 129; wines, cost of, 72, 82
Native music, 71, 114, 116, 168; bands, 43, 103, 155, 156; dancing, 116; singing, 157; spiritless, 115, 129; nigger songs, 100, 116; a splendid pianiste, 143, 147
Natives, cowardice of, 81, 85, 86; curiosity, 40, 60, 66, 69; dirty habits, 163, 170; dress, q.v.; good quali- ties, 83; ideas about England, 105; ideas on railway location, 57, 72, 73; idleness, 42, 43; indolence, 122, 123, 134, 147; juries, 123; kindness of slave, 136; longevity, 57; names of persons, high-sounding, 110; names of parishes, curious, 265; polite- ness, 129; spinning, 137, 145; talent for mechanics, 137; native terms “rapaz,” “moço,” = lad, 128; weaving, 137, 145
Onça (ounce), 70; visit to our camp, 87; different species, 87 ; note on, 348 Onions, 129, 134, 136 Orange gardens, 83 Oranges, 37, 59, 68, 134, 142, 185 Organ Mountains, 19, 34, 43, 197, 198, 206, 207, 210, 212, 224, 423 Origin of savage tribes by degradation,
article on, 296; man a family of one genus, 297; his origin revealed, 297; fossil remains show high develop- ment, 297; degradation, how pro- duced, 298; Mr. Drummond, 298 Orioles (birds), 50, 110, 359; har- bingers of rain, 53
Orthoptera (Dermaptera), note on, 402 Ouro Branco range, 150
Ouro Preto, 29, 152; railway to, 28, 269
Ox-carts (carros), 29, 37, 39, 40, 56, 61, 75, 80, 100, 111, 124, 141, 145, 172, 176; musical performance of, 29, 40, 100; carrinho, 136; ox- sleigh, 58
Paca, 53; flesh of, 53, 92; note on, 246
Palm avenue, Botanical Gardens, Rio, 23
Palms, 37, 53, 58, 71, 182, 200
Palm-fibre hammock, 63, 93
Parahybúna valley, 180; derivation of
Paraopeba, hotel at, 30, 32, 75; dinner, 30; railway-station, 26, 151, 170, 180; scenery near, 33; butterflies, birds, coati, 34; winter weather, 34 Parroquets, 110
Parrots, 87, 139, 360, 363; flesh of, 87
Patriarchal life, 57; style of reckoning riches, 112
Pauillac, 4, 253; cultivation, 253; chateaux, 253; vineyards, 254; hospitality, 254; houses, 254; pretty lasses, 254
Peaches, 128, 129, 138, 148; given to horses and pigs, 138
Peak of Teneriffe, 12, 13, 250
Pedra da Fortaleza (Minas), 180, 424 Pedra da Gavea (Rio), 200, 207, 224, 424
Pernambuco (Recife), 244; Brazil nuts, cost of, 247; exports, 246; health of, 246; landing passengers, 245; market on board, 246; rafts (cata- marans), 245; rainy season, 247, 320; curious sandstone reef, 244, 246, 256 note; storms, 320; telephone, 247 Petropolis, 215, 216; cold at, 215;
cotton mill, 219; German colony, 220; Hotel MacDowel, 215; garden, 216; mountain scenery, 218; mete- orological notes, 344; public road, União e Industria Co., 217, 219; railway, 213, 214, 221, 423, 424; rivers, 217; old coach road, 219 Picadas, 62, 72
Pigs, 53, 60; sucking, 64 Pineapples, 148
Pink's Oxford and Cambridge Sauce, 147 Pitanguy, 27, 68, 70, 152, 270; mines at, 262; newspaper, 98
Pitcairn Islanders, 191
Plano Inclinado (Sta. Theresa), 45, 225 Plantations, 25, 172
Plants, 173. Vide Botany, etc.
Politics, 61, 167, 293, 296; fall of Lafayette Ministry, 188; Senhor Dantas, 191. Vide Slavery Ponchos, 55, 25, 120, 177
Pork, 36, 57, 61; à l'Anglaise, 148; cost of, 82
Porridge (oatmeal), 172; Indian corn, 172
Portuguese, money, 10; white wine in
Brazil, 36, 85; cost of, 81 Postage-stamps, use for old, 89 Post-office, delays, 44, 48; delinquen-
cies, 49, 146, 167; postman, 178 Potatoes, 89, 134, 138, 418; new, 148; sweet, 418
Practical joke, a, 253
Presents from poor natives, 79, 84, 92 Preserved English soups, 76, 128 Prickly heat, 128
Priests, 36, 53, 104; Cajurú, 63, 71; São Amaro, 80; São Gonçalo do Pará, 66, 69; hardworking, 68, 69; libraries, 63, 69; Padre Antonio, 84, 154, 157, 163, 166; Padre Francisco, 105, 152; Padre Pinto, 135, 156, 167, 174, 176
Processions. Vide Religion Prospects of trade in the interior, 60 Protective colouring and mimicry, 185; article on, 384; butterflies and moths, 384; beetles, 386; grasshoppers and Phasmida, 387; theory, 387 Psychical Research Society, a case for, 119 note.
Public assassination at Rio, 190 Public gardens, Lisbon, 10; at Rio, Passeio Publico, 21, 199, 237; Largo da Constituição, 21; Parque da Acclamação, 238
Pullman cars, 24 Pumas, 28
Queen Victoria, H.B.M., 115, 171 Queluz de Minas, 27, 124, 179;
baptisms, 27; Sr. Hargreaves, 27, 28, 179; hospitality, 27; marriages, 27; Mass, 27
Quince, 61, 134, 418
Railway, exploration, 31, 35, 42, 66,
73, 77, 170; proposed line under Bay of Rio, 192; time-table to Entre Rios, 151
Railways, Brazilian, Mr. Walter Ham- mond's letter on, 175 Railways: Dom Pedro II., 24, 151,
179, 268, 425; construction, 25, 26, 30; delays, 30, 31, 32, 42; dust, 25; Mantiqueira range, 25; Pullman cars, 24; scenery, 24, 43 São João del Rey (Oeste de Minas), 61, 269; objected to our route, 152, 271 Petropolis (Principe do Grão Para), 213, 214, 423, 424 Leopoldina, 270 Minas and Rio, 270 Ouro Pretana, 28, 269 Corcovado, 205, 212, 424
Plano Inclinado (Sta. Theresa), 45, 225
Rainy season, commencement of, 89; in camp, 130; effect on health, 128, 141; floods, 132; rivers unpassable, 124; roads unpassable, 136; temperature of, 89. Vide Weather Ransom, Mr. George, hospitality of, 85, 86, 90; his death, 85 note Rattlesnakes, 28. Vide Snakes Rebouças, Dr. André, 20, 25, 26 27, 30, 85, 118, 148, 150
Religion, article on, 275; the Eucha-
rist, 276; celibacy of the clergy, 276; invocation and cult of saints, 277; indulgences, 278; prohibition to read the Bible, 278; Protestant zeal, 279; the Atonement, 279; Formalism and Rationalism, 279; plea for charitable views, 280
Religion, a talk on, 164; New Testa- ments distributed, 164; sermons, 63, 78, 160, 161, 169 Religious customs, 80, 158; reverence at Mass, 64, 107, 121; reverence to parents, 114; appeal to the senses, 160; baptisms at Queluz, 27; be- haviour in church, 63; calvaries, 35, 80, 159; communicants, 153, 155, 166; Epiphany, 129; expressions of natives, 83; grace at meals, 155; Holy Week, preparation for, 154; processions, 157, 159, 161, 164, 165, 166; work in, 161; visitors, 158, 166; observing the hours, 68; oratories, 149, 158; procession, to avert small- pox, 83; religious feeling of natives, 164; spiritual relationship, 162, 166; sugar-plums in church, 160; the Month of Mary, 169
Religious fasts and feasts: Ascension Day, 175; Candlemas, 147; Christ- mas Day, 127; Easter Day, 165; Good Friday, 162, 163, 165; Lady Day, 156; Lent, 153; Palm Sunday, 156; Passion Sunday, 155; SS. Peter and Paul, 23, 197
Religious services: Mass, at São
Amaro, 78, 80; Entre Rios, 145, 146, 155, 156, 165, 169, 175; Olhos d'Agua, 121; Queluz, 27; Missa Cantata, at Cajurú, 63; Mass of the pre-Sanctified, 163; Requiem, 105
Reptiles, note on, 365
Revolution, prospective, 210
Rice, 39, 60, 62, 129, 134, 138, 161, 163; cost of, 81
Rio de Janeiro, notes on: City Im- provements Co., 226; fountains, 226, 237; Carioca, derivation of name, 227; history of foundation of the city, 228; Huguenot settle- ment, 228; conquest by Portuguese, 230; aborigines, 229, 233; S. Sebas- tian, 233; French expedition, 234; arrival of Portuguese Royal Family,
234; tramways, 235; success of, 235; tramcars, 236; water supply, 237; Passeio Publico, 237; Jardim do Campo da Acclamação, 238; the carnival, 239; lotteries, 239
Rio de Janeiro, town of, 20; origin of name, 232; aqueduct, 225, 226; assassination, 189; athletic sports, 22; bad paving, 21; beggars, 45; bull-fight, 192; butterflies, 23; chest diseases, 188; Chinamen, 187; custom house (Alfandega), 21; Dr. Bento, 203; Dr. King, 203; Engi- neers' Club, 21; English church, 45; fine houses, 182; fish, 187; Guinness's stout, 191; Hotel, Carson's, 182, dos Quatro Nacões, 46; itinerant vendors, 21; Larangeiras, 204; Largo da Constituição, 21; life at Rio, 46, 182; Misericordia Hospital, 183; morros, 20, 183, 198; do Castello, 197, 212; de Sta. Theresa, 205; mosquitoes, 23; narrow streets, 22; New London and Brazilian Bank, 21; our office, view from, 210; Passeio Publico, 21, 199, 237; ped- lars, 187; Sta. Theresa, inclined plane, 45, 225; table of sunrise and sunset, 188; theatres, 46, 208; tramways, 22, 183, 222, 235; tropi- cal plants, 23, 190; tropical rain, 45; reservoirs, 224, 225, 237; view from Nichteroy, 184; water- works, 224; winter weather, 188 Rios (rivers and streams): Brumado, 150; Camapuão, 87, 90, 103, 121, 132; scenery, 90; Carioca, 226; Cayuaba, 173; do Cortume, scenery, 90, 97; São Francisco, 50, 68, 70; Pará, 50, 53, 54, 55, 62, 66, 68, 149; Parahyba do Sul, 180; Parahybúna, 180: Paraopeba, 50, 149; bridge, 178; de Peixe, 54, 73 Roads, bad, 41, 133 Road crosses. Vide Calvaries Rocks, exposed, 79 Rola (ortolan), 84, 361
Roberts, Mr. Richard, my partner, 96, 99, 107, III, 113, 114, 116, 127, 135, 141, 146, 148, 149
Ross, Mr. Leathom Earle, our chief, 107, 127; hospitality, 148, 172 note, 208
Rum, native. Vide Cachaça
São Amaro. Vide Villages
São Antonio dos Patos (city), 152, 270 São Caetano. Vide Villages
São João del Rey, exports to, 72. Vide also Railways
St. Paul's Rocks, 17
St. Vincent (Cape Verd Islands), 248; quarantine, market-boats, diving boys, fish, 248; cost of water, 249; São Antonio, 249 Salt imported, 61 Sarsaparilla, 421
Scenery, 54, 90; Bay of Botafogo, 186;
Bay of Rio de Janeiro, 19, 213, 224; Dom Pedro II. Railway, 24, 43; Paraopeba, 33; Rio do Cortume, 97, 98
Scorpion, 82
Sea currents, 18
Seclusion of women, 38, 56 Self-indicating lead, 2 Sermons. Vide Religion
Serra dos Olhos d'Agua (village), 35,
Sketches of Serra do Cortume, de-
Slavery, note on, 281; the law of free birth, 281; Emancipation Fund, 281, 283, 284; cost of slaves, 281; law of 1831, 281, 283; liberation of slaves, 284; treatment of slaves, 285; results of Socialistic teaching, 285; abolitionism, 287; abolition in Ceará, 287, 311 note; in Amazonas, 288; free labour, 288; Dantas Cabinet, 289; Emancipation Bill, 289; eulogy in daily papers, 290; Dr. J. Nabuco, 290; dissolution of the Chambers, 291; Times leaders, 292, 294; Mr. Walter Hammond, 292; New Parlia- ment, the Emperor's speech, 292, 295; Saraiva Cabinet, 293; his Bill, 294; Chevalier Corrêa de Souza, 294; number of slaves in Brazil, 294; Dr. Ferreira França, 295; Cotegipe Cabinet, 296; Emancipation Bill passed, 296
Slaves, 58, 136; allotments given to,
116; gradual emancipation, 115, 116; singing, 116; Sunday work of, 155 Small-pox, 78, 79, 83 Snails, note on, 368
Snakes, 31, 38, 70, 125; cure for bites, 28; dangerous species, 366; note on, 365
Sounding at sea, off Land's End, 2; off Brazil, 18
Southern constellations, 95, 169 Southern latitudes colder than northern,
15 Spiders (Arachnida), note on, 406 Spinning, 137, 144
Spring-time, cold weather, 97, 108; on the Campos, 95; flowers, 98; vegetation, rapid growth, 108. Vide Weather
Steam-steering apparatus, 6
Steamy heat, 122, 135
Study of an interior, 113
Suassuhy, 35, 37, 178
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