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قراءة كتاب Across Unknown South America
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ACROSS UNKNOWN
SOUTH AMERICA
BY
A. HENRY SAVAGE-LANDOR
WITH 2 MAPS, 8 COLOURED PLATES, AND 260 ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
IN TWO VOLUMES
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
The Author.
Printed in 1913
Copyright in the United States of America
by A. Henry Savage-Landor
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED
to
THE PEOPLE
of the
GREAT BRAZILIAN REPUBLIC
CONTENTS
VOL. I
| Chapter | Paragraph Description | Pp. |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |