Arrival at Pará--Appearance of the city and its environs--The inhabitants and their costumes--Vegetation--Sensitive plants--Lizards--Ants and other insects--Birds--Climate--Food of the inhabitants 1 Festas--Portuguese and Brazilian currency--M. Borlaz' estate--Walk to the rice-mills--The virgin forest, its plants and insects--Milk-tree--Saw and rice-mills--Caripé or pottery-tree--India-rubber-tree--Flowers and trees in blossom--Saüba ants, wasps, and chegoes--Journey by water to Magoary--The monkeys--The commandante at Laranjeiras--Vampire bats--The timber-trade--Boa constrictor and sloth 13…
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